Monday Morning Offering: 7/9

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Good morning, good God!

Just want to offer you a big Thank you!

for your always being there,

every time I come to pray...

I believe you listen when I pray:

I believe your heart hears my heart, Lord,

even when my heart is silent, 
save for it's steady lub-dub, lub-dub...

I believe you love a prayer
as speechless as my silence...

I believe you love a prayer as simple

as just my "showing up" to pray...

I believe you're pleased every time

my heart, imagination and attention turn, 
if only for seconds, 
to you...

I offer you a great big Thank you! 
grateful, Lord, for the ways you catch my glance,

my momentary nod in your direction,

my heart's secret wink to let you know 
that you're on my mind, 
that I'm glad you're near,

that I want and need you by my side... 

I offer you a great big Thank you! 
grateful, Lord, for how you never tire

of hearing my tales of woe, 
of wiping away my tears,

of listening in patience again and again

even when I have no words to bring to speech

what I truly want to say
and what I really need to pray... 

I know there's not a thought I have

that comes as news to you, Lord...

I know there's not a word I pray

you didn't expect to hear...

And yet you never turn from me

in boredom or frustration, 
but rather 
you bend ever closer,
to hear my every plea...

I believe in your presence, Lord, 
I trust you're there to hear every word I say

and the words that echo in my heart -
even if they  fail to make it to my lips...

I know that sometimes, Lord, 
my prayer is stumbling, awkward, selfish,

rote, distracted and disjointed -
but even then, Lord, you listen to me anyway!

Help me keep my prayer simple

and my mind and heart attuned, focused on you,
even as I lay before you 
all my needs and the needs of those who've asked me
as they do, to keep them in my prayer...

Just want to offer you this morning, Lord, 
a great big Thank You for your always being there,

every time I come to pray...

Keep me faithful to your Spirit,
always calling me to prayer;

help me never be afraid to share with you

whatever's on my mind and in my heart;

help me understand your answer to my prayer,

especially when the answer's no, or slow in coming

or when your response is silence,
at least for now...

Just want to offer you a great big Thank you! Lord,

for your always being there,

every time I come to pray...

Amen.

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