Monday Morning Offering: 2/3

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,

    so hard to let them go

    - though I need to and I should...

 

This morning, then, I offer you

    the things I should surrender,

    things I've got no business hoarding,

    things that need your healing touch...

I offer up my stubbornness:

   my entrenched attitudes;

   my biased preferences;

   and my prejudiced distinctions...

I offer up my envy of all that others have;

    my jealous grip on what I call my own;

    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 my laziness, 

    my indifference and impatience,

    my apathy and carelessness,

    my disinterest and disdain...

I offer up the grudges 

    I've cherished for so long,

the resentments and the grievances

   I nourish in my breast,

and the mean spirited feelings

   renting space within my thoughts...

Thus, this morning's offerings, Lord:

    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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