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…