Monday Morning Offering: 2/17

Morning Coffee by George Mendoza

Good morning, good God!

So much of my prayer, Lord,
is a kind of give and take:
I offer you something and I ask, I hope, 
for something in return...

Today's no different, so please be patient
with how little I seem to have to offer
and how much I want in return...

I offer you this day's challenges
and pray for strength to accept and meet them...

I offer you my failures and pray
for the humility to see them
and the grace to rise above them
- and to try again to tomorrow...

I offer you what sorrows are mine today
and pray you help me carry them  

- with faith and hope and love...

As I offer you my joys this day, Lord,
help me work to put the happiness of others
ahead of my own...

I offer you my fears this day
and I pray for courage
to make it to and through tomorrow...

I offer you this day's unexpected problems, Lord,
and I pray for patience 

 to deal with them and cope with them...

 

I offer you my laziness this day
and pray for you to shake and wake me
to this day's opportunities to 

live fully, change gracefully, live healthily
and become the person you made me to be...

I offer you my eyes, Lord:
let me see the world around me
- as you see it...

I offer you my ears:
help me hear the cry
of those in need...

I offer you my voice:
use my words for healing, Lord,
and for making peace...

I offer you my thoughts:

bless and anoint them 

with your Spirit's wisdom...

I offer you my imagination:
keep it true and bright and pure
and at the service of your grace...

I offer you my hands:
work through me, Lord,
for good of others...

I offer you my feet:
lead my steps on the path
you've marked out just for me...

I offer you my heart, Lord:
heal and shape it
according to your Word...

I offer you this day, Lord,
for this is the day that you have made,
the day you've given me,
the only day I have
today...


Amen.

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