Pause for Prayer: TUESDAY 8/31

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Lord, 
at least once a day
(and frequently more often)
I look at myself in a mirror...

Sometimes I love what I see
(sometimes too much)
and sometimes I despise what I see
and fail to recognize
the imprint of your touch
upon my face...

Help me love and reverence
the face I see in the mirror, Lord:
the face you created for me,
the face by which you know me,
the face you love... 

Help me look beyond
the features I would change
and find within what needs no change:
your image on my soul,
your very countenance on mine... 

Help me look through my own eyes
(as your eyes pierce my soul)
and show me what you see within:
what you love and cherish,
what you find worthy of your gaze...

Help me look within myself, Lord

to see what might be changed

'til I more faithfully reflect and mirror

the gracious light of your face

shining on my own...

 

Lord, 
at least once a day
(and frequently more often)
I look at myself in a mirror:

help see myself as you do,

help me give  you thanks for who I am,

for who you're calling me to be...

Amen.

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