Patience

Grant me patience

Dear God,

Are you there?  It’s me, again.  

Right now my heart is heavy and my head hurts.  

Why is it that every time I find a sense of peace and distance, something happens to remind me to… let go?

Not just to let go but to truly not care, not react, and accept and opt out to the extent that I can?

Thank you for the sense of peace I felt earlier today.  Every little moment of it reminds me of what I seek and the destination that lies ahead.  Of course, I am then reminded of the work that is required to get there.  

As the evening falls and a new weekend begins, please grant me grace and guide me to the space to find the joy and laughter that so fills my soul.

 

Let this be my prayer…

Dear God –

Today, guide my words.  

Help my heart and my mind to find integrity giving them the thoughts to speak to the hearts of others.

Help me to celebrate the beginning of this new month with the joy and enthusiasm that lies within my soul.

Let this be my prayer…

Dear God,

Throughout my life I have seen and lived experiences.  I have learned lessons, ignored lessons, and found myself learning those lessons again.  

Throughout my life, I have known that I have purpose – that above and beyond everything else, I am love, I am never alone, and I have what I need to endure, to survive, to learn, and the thrive.  

You have always taken care of me.  

I have never felt abandon by you or love despite the challenges and the despair I feel about my ability to move forward.  

I move forward.

You have always shown me the way and I have moved knowing and believing that this is where I am to be right now whether I am comfortable or not.  

God, I don’t pray for things – I pray in gratitude.

I pray thanks for the beauty around me and all that you have not only provided but continue to provide as the minutes pass into hours and the hours into days.  

I delight in the littlest things when it feels that there is nothing else… and yet, I know that there is always more.  

But today God, I pray for guidance.

I find myself in the middle of a situation that I admittedly helped to create, but a situation in which I can find overwhelming all the same.  As I work to find detachment from this situation, others wish for me to remain solidly in the center serving as a means of definition and survival for their purposes.  

God, I believe that I am where I am to be; I believe that I have all that I need to learn and to move and to love…

I am currently feeling a loss though in my trust in myself and confidence in the direction I must move.  

I am feeling overwhelmed and exhausted.    I am frustrated and tired.  

God, please guide me; please help me to see where I need to go and the path I am to take.

Please provide your love and guidance as I move through these challenging times – and if you feel like lifting the weight from my shoulders, just a bit… that would be great too but it isn’t necessary.  I, without doubt, know and believe that you have given me all I need and that includes the strength to face these challenges with love and grace.  

Thank you God for all you have provided; thank you for your guidance.  

 

Let this be my prayer…