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The Knots Prayer
Dear God,
please untie the knots
that are in my mind,
my heart and my life.
Remove the have nots,
the can nots and the do nots
that I have in my mind.
Erase the will nots,
may nots, and
might nots that find
a home in my heart.
Release me from the could nots,
would nots and
should nots that obstruct my life.
And most of all, dear God,
I ask that you remove from my mind
my heart and my life all of the am nots
that I have allowed to hold me back,
especially the thought
that I am not good enough.
Amen.
- by Iyanla Vanzant
-ConcordPastor
Ahhh, such is grace. We are given what we are in need of.
ReplyDeleteThis is what I needed to read this morning, it will be my prayer today.
Thank you God, thank you CP.
Fran
Not bad ... not bad at all!
ReplyDeleteIn fact I like it. Thanx.
God bless.
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ReplyDeleteCoulda, woulda, shoulda, ...all things that hold me back...and especially the last line written. Thanks you for this wonderful reminder.
ReplyDeleteMuch wisdom in a few words. Thank you for posting this prayer!
ReplyDeleteI love this prayer; thanks so much for posting. I also really like the Cry of the Poor. Is there a way to add a share button for that? I like to your blog from mine and shared the link to your blog on Facebook as well, but would love to share this song more quickly.
ReplyDeleteThank you for all you do. I will be back daily for more inspiration.
I think you'd need to go to grooveshark.com and set up a (free) account and then search for "Cry of the Poor" and then you'll have the HTML for posting on your blog.
ReplyDeleteHope that helps!
Thanks so much for the information! I now have the widget!
ReplyDeleteThe author is not anonymous -- it's by Iyanla Vanzant from her book Everyday I Pray (2001).
ReplyDeleteThank you for the reference, Aharonium!
ReplyDeleteIsn't Iyanla Vanzant a Yoruba priestess? http://www.ifafoundation.org/iyanla-vanzant
ReplyDeleteThe devotion to Mary, Undoer (or Untier) of Knots is about 300 years old, but became more widely known as Pope Francis spoke about and promoted it throughout his papacy, and while he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
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