Pause for Prayer: THURSDAY 6/24

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When I come to pray, Lord, I often bring

    a basket full of troubles and tears, 

        needs and fears
            and shouts and cries for help...

 

But today I come with praise, just praise, and

    even if my heart's not yet quite there
I'm thankful still for all my blessings
    even if my feelings lag behind...

 

I praise you for this moment, Lord:
    another day to live, to change, to grow,
to make more of all I have     

    than I did yesterday, last week,
        last month, last year...

 

I praise you for all the gifts you've offered me:
    the ones I use, the ones I ignore,
    the ones I've wasted, the ones I've put away

        the ones I've yet to open...

 

I praise you for the best

    of all the blessings I have known 
and for lessons and the healings born 

    of loss and hurt and pain...

Make me mindful of the present, Lord,
    with hope for what's ahead:
I trust you'll guide and show me paths
    that lead me, safe, to peace...

I praise you for the people, Lord,
    who care for me and love me, 

who have my back and never fail 

    to stand by me through thick and thin
        when times are rough and tumble...

 

I praise you for the ones I love, 

    whose hearts I tend and hold,

who fill my days with blessings,
    many more than I can count...

 

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I praise you for the joy I miss      

    when I'm angry, sad and lonely,
when I stubbornly refuse to see

    what's there, what's right before me;
when my fear keeps me finding

    the peace that I'd been seeking,

        that I'd pleaded, pined and prayed for... 

 

I praise you for your mercy

    when you seek me out and pull be back,

pardon me and bring me home

    to rest in your strong arms...

Amen.

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