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Morning Coffee by George Mendoza |
Good morning, good God!
Today I lift up to you, Lord,
some unfinished business from last week:
please give me in the days ahead
the time and energy I need
to get that business done...
And I lift up to you
that one person I need to be in touch with:
please help me make that call, write that letter,
send that email or get together
with... well, Lord, you-know-who...
I lift up to you the broken pieces of that situation
- you know this one, too, Lord:
help me work this week on the forgiving,
the healing and the mending
I know is mine to do...
And I lift up to you, Lord, the debt I owe the poor,
after spending so freely on my own desires:
give me a push to volunteer,
to give a gift or write a check,
in support of those in need...
I lift up to you the time I spent last week
feeling sorry for myself, Lord:
help me begin to be more honest
about my life and my responsibilities;
keep me from stewing in self-pity...
And I lift up all the planning and preparing
- I haven't done:
help me keep it in today, Lord,
but let me do what I can do
to be ready for tomorrow...
I lift up to you any backsliding
on all my good intentions:
help me take a few steps forward this week
and begin to make some progress...
I lift up to you everything I've done
to put off the things I need to do:
help me catch up and complete
what's gone undone for far too long...
I lift up to you the week just past
and ask mercy where I've failed, Lord:
help me begin to be more faithful
in bringing to fulfillment
all the work that's mine to do...
Beginning today, Lord,
beginning this morning,
beginning right now...
Amen.
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