A Concord Pastor Comments: Pause for Prayer: FRIDAY 4/10

4/9/15

Pause for Prayer: FRIDAY 4/10

What's gonna be the boss of me today, Lord?
    my schedule? the past? anxiety? boredom?
    fear? fantasy? others' expectations? pleasure?
    my work? self-doubt? routine? a relationship?
    food or drink? guilt? debt? laziness? loneliness?
    shame? grudges and resentments?

I've got a lot of bosses, Lord, and just as many masters:
   free me from working for any
      who keep me from serving you;
   keep me from laboring for those
      who can't help make me whole...
   free me from plugging away
for what can't bring me peace...

Be the boss of me today, Lord:
let faithfulness be my supervisor;
honesty, my manager;
justice, my director;
and charity my overseer...

Be the boss of my life today, Lord:
   the master of my words and deeds
      and of all my heart's desires...