Pause for Prayer: FRIDAY 1/18

Looks like this weekend you're gonna dump
the season's first real snow in our front yards, Lord,
and (oh, my!) the hype, the anxiety and the preparations
are already full steam ahead!

Truth be told, the forecast turns my head, too.
I wonder,
"How much? How deep? How heavy or light?
When will it start?  When will it end?
What do I need to shop for?
What needs to happen before it begins?
What will be canceled?  What will be postponed?
Who will plow and who will shovel?"

And all this in anticipation of 8 inches of snow:
snow that may not fall;
snow that may instead be rain;
snow that may be but a dusting;
snow that no doubt soon will melt away... 

Lord,
help me ponder, pay attention to and prepare
for things in my life so much more important
than the forecast of eight inches of snow...

Help me ponder, pay attention to and prepare
for how you may call and lead me to follow you
this weekend and in the year ahead...

Help me ponder, pay attention to and prepare
to make whatever choices and decisions
weigh upon my mind and heart...

Help me ponder, pay attention to and prepare
to respond in healthy ways
to the needs of those around me and the demands they make
on my heart and on my time...

Help me ponder, pay attention to and prepare
to deepen my faith, my life of prayer,
my trust in your, my confidence in your help...

Help me ponder, pay attention to and prepare
for the day when you will call me home
and I'll stand not in eight inches of snow
but on the threshold of eternity,
hoping and praying for your mercy and your love...

Amen.



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