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Pause for Prayer: THURSDAY 7/11



I was sitting, reading, when a clap of thunder
   took my eye off the page
      to a vision of rain reminding me
         I'd left my car windows open...

I ran to my car and closed the windows,
   averted the crisis
      (seats nice and dry)
         and went back inside to my reading...

I need more thunder, Lord!

I need more thunder
   to get my attention,
      draw me out of my dreams
         and show me where trouble is looming...

I need warnings, loud ones, to wake me
   and shake me from sleep and what keeps me
      from seeing more clearly what needs to be done
        -- in plenty of time to do it...

I need more thunder, Lord:
   a knock on the head, a kick in the butt
      to jump start my day and push me along
         in the right direction, out of harm's way...

I need your help because on my own
   I'm asleep at the switch and need you to nudge me
     and open my eyes to see what I need to see
        and to do what needs to be done...

Roar Of Thunder by Dr. Sound Effects on Grooveshark




   
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4 comments:

  1. This prayer mirrors my sentiments exactly!

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  2. How true for most of us.....well, for me anyway!

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  3. Fr. Fleming, thank you for your blog. Your word and prayers help me to pray -- something I find very difficult. Do you write all of the prayers and poems and reflections on your blog, or are they found gems you share with us? Or both?

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  4. Thanks for your kind words, Anonymous. I write about 98% of what appears here and anything that is not my own work is always clearly credited to its author, with a link to the original source.

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