Pause for Prayer: THURSDAY 4/21

I wrote this prayer a long time ago for someone who was in prison.  Now a friend of mine is in prison now and I visited him today.  I'm sending him a copy of this and sharing it with you, too. There are many ways for us to be imprisoned without ever stepping into a jail cell...

A prayer for Freedom in My Heart

Give me freedom in my heart, Lord,
when I feel locked up, locked in

and locked down...

Give me freedom in my heart, Lord,
when I’m walled in by loneliness...

Give me freedom in my heart, Lord,
when I feel imprisoned by my past...

Give me freedom in my heart, Lord,

when guilt and shame are my cell mates...

Give me freedom in my heart, Lord,
when anxiety holds me a prisoner of fear...

Give me freedom in my heart, Lord,
when I’m confined by days and nights
that pass too slowly...

Give me freedom in my heart, Lord,
to accept your word, your forgiveness,

your mercy, your peace and your love...

Give me freedom in my heart, Lord,

that I might share with others
what you have given me...

Give me freedom in my heart, Lord,
to become the person you made me to be...

Give me freedom in my heart, Lord,
so I can praise and thank you
for all you’ve given me
and for all you promise me...

Amen.

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