Monday Morning Offering: 7/27

Image: George Mendoza

The way of the fool seems right in his own eyes
   but he who listens to advice is wise...

 - Proverbs 12 

Good morning, good God!

O Lord,

    you see everything I do 
       and everything I fail to do;
    still, you pardon and forgive me
       and always take me back...

Trusting in your mercy, then,
   I'm here and boldly ask:

"When in this day's course, Lord,

    will I play the fool again?"

 

When will I be foolish

    in my thinking, in my thoughts,

    in my dreams and schemes and plans,

    in my daydreams and delusions,

    in my self-evaluation? 

 

When will I be foolish 

    in my idle conversations,

    in my rumoring and gossip,

    in my cutting, mean remarks

    in half-truths, lies and fibs?

 

When will I be foolish,

    imprudent, careless, silly;

    in what I do and fail to do,

    in how I impede progress

    or fail to foster growth? 

     

When, today, O Lord

    will I fail to seek and heed 

the wisdom you will offer

     in my thoughts, my words, my deeds? 

It only takes a moment
   to tune you out 

and fail to hear you whisper:

    here's what wise and true and just...

It takes me but a second
   to forget what's right
and choose instead 

    what soothes and pleases me...

 

I'm a dunce to have in heart

    you wisdom and your counsel

and yet play the fool, so often

    and make the reckless choice... 

 

Trusting in your mercy, then,
   I'm here and boldly ask:

"When in this day's course, Lord,

    will I play the fool again?"

Help me see my foolish ways
   and hear my foolish words
and keep me from my foolish deeds

    lest I do any harm...

 

I offer my desire, then

    to end my foolish ways

and my earnest hope to smarten up

    and follow where you lead...

  

 Amen.

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