It's almost Ash Wednesday - just 8 days away!
So tonight I pray you'll help me, Lord,
to get a head start
on preparing and planning
what I'll do for Lent this year...
Or...
Or maybe I need to sit still and be quiet
so you can get a head start,
preparing me, Lord,
for what what you've got planned,
what you want to do
what you have prepared
for my mind, my heart and my life this Lent...
After all, Lord,
who knows better than you
what needs to change in me,
in my words and my deeds,
my thoughts and desires,
my appetites and habits,
my relationships and affections,
my honesty and fairness,
my selfishness and pride
my integrity and loyalty...
Who knows better than you
how my heart needs rebooting,
my path needs rerouting,
my prayer needs deepening,
my generosity needs stretching,
my honesty needs honing,
my passions need taming,
my ego needs humbling,
and my conscience needs fine tuning...
Who knows better than you, Lord,
what I might give up,
what I should give up,
what I might let go, give away,
leave behind
and learn to do without this Lent...
Who knows better than you, Lord,
the time I waste in foolish ways
that I might spend in prayer...
Who knows better than you, Lord,
all I have
- and all that I could share -
with those who have so much less than I?
Who knows better than you, Lord,
how my heart might heal,
how my faith might deepen,
how my ways might change,
how my hope and trust in you might change
this Lent - and in my life...
You have a plan
for what you want to do
in the season of Lent just ahead...
Help me see and know your plan for me
and open my heart and my soul
to your gracious and healing mercy...
Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake
and watch over me while I sleep
that awake, I might keep watch with you
and asleep, rest in your peace...
Amen.
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Spirit of the Living God by Daniel Iverson
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