A Prayer for 6.25.09

Current mood: Real Mellow Yellow man

Current activity: doing what some people call "working"

You know what I love to do sometimes?? Write out my prayers. That could be seen as a bit weird, cuz like...it takes more time to formulate the phrases in your mind, and then write (or type) them, when you could have just whispered them to God in the first place. But I love to look back at old prayers. It's kinda like looking back at old journal entries; a bit embarrassing, but still intriguing. So anyway....

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Thank you God for making me smile. Looking back over just today, you have filled my day with mercy and blessings. To wake up and see the sun is mercy in itself. Thank you God that even though every single day I fall short of the mark you have placed in front of me, you are still patient and you continue to show me undeserved grace.

Thank you Father for the people you have put in my life. People that not only profess to love you, but actually live like they love you. Thank you for an amazing roommate, friend, and band member. I pray that you keep Stix and bless her with every desire of her heart. Continue to hold and keep Melissa, Sophie, Sabrina, Renee, AJ and Lola . I pray that you hold their enemies at bay, and that each day they continue to grow closer and closer to you. I pray that each of their dreams comes true as they keep exploring your will for their lives. Thank you for AJ's humble heart. Thank you for Sabrina's laughter. Thank you for Melissa's oh so funny facial expressions and groundedness (I think I just made that word up?). Thank you for Sophie's passion for the things of God and her smile. I thank you for Lola's discernment. Thank you for Whit-Whit. Thank you that there is nothing I cannot tell her. Thank you God that she knows my heart, the good and the not so good, and she sees me how you see me Father.

Lord I pray that tomorrow I will be closer to you than I am today. I pray God that I catch the revelations you are revealing to me. I pray that even above all the knowledge of the things of God that one could have, that my greatest desire is you. I pray that even when I sleep I think of you. I pray that even in moments of heartache and distress, and even when I'm straight up pissed off at the world, I STILL stop to think...My God, WWJD!

Father I pray that I hear what you are saying. I pray that I move when you tell me to move, and never before or after. I pray that I understand your perfect will for my life. Each decision I make, Father I will bring it to you first. I pray for patience to wait on your words. I know that if I simply follow the steps you have already laid for me, there is nothing that I cannot do.

Purify those hidden dark places Lord that I have yet to recognize. Lord bring to the surface everything that is not like you, so that I can be made aware, and bring it to you. Give me a heart like yours God, so I can love like you love, forgive like you forgive, and give like you give. Clean my hands of every impurity, so that I can do your work with a grateful and humble heart.

Forgive me of every moment that I acted without consulting you. Forgive of every time my actions did not reflect you. Forgive me of each instance that I did not direct any praise and glory right back to you, because you alone are deserving of it.

Thank you God that my prayers do not go unheard or unanswered.

All of these things I ask in Jesus' name,

Amen

Signed, Yours