Monday Morning Offering: 2/1

Morning Coffee: George Mendoza

 

Good morning, good God! 

 

There'll never be an end, Lord,

to all that I might offer

in these Monday morning prayers

so today I thought I'd lift up

what I'm least inclined to offer:

things I cling to and hold back,

it's so hard to let them go

- though I need to and I should...

 

This morning, then, I offer you

some things I should surrender,

things I've got no business keeping,

things that need your healing touch...

I offer up my stubbornness:

   my attitudes, entrenched;

   my preferences, so biased,

   all my prejudiced distinctions...

I offer up my envy of things that others have;

my jealous grip on what I call my own;

and my desire to have more and more and more...

I offer up my pride, Lord:

   my inflated self-regard;

   my disdain of others' gifts;

   and any condescension

      in my words and in my deeds...

I offer up the grudges 

    I've cherished for so long

the resentments and the grievances

   I nourish in my breast,

mean spirited hard feelings

   renting space within my thoughts...

No proper offerings here, Lord,

they're all my faults and failings

lifted up to you with hope

that you'll mend whatever's broken,

that you'll sweep sin from my heart

   and restore me to your peace...

Amen.

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