Pause for Prayer: FRIDAY 3/5

 

I'm your work in progress, O God,

as much today as when I was a toddler,

a teen, a middle-ager - or older...

I'm your work in progress:

incomplete, unfinished,

still growing, taking shape, maturing

- all with the help of your grace…

I'm your work in progress, O God,

and you never cease

to nudge me, nurture me,

mold and form me more and more

to become the person 

you created me to be…

I'm your work in progress

even when I resist, deny or try to frustrate

your constant effort to soften my ragged edges

and sharpen what’s grown dull in my spirit…

I am your work in progress, O God,

and by now I’m version # I-don’t-know

although I’m confident and sure

you’re still working on the original,

on the heart-of-who-I am:

that unique individual you've loved by name

since before all time began…

Give me patience, O God,

with the pace at which you work

to help me grow

and bring me to full stature…

 

And be patient with me

when I resist your Spirit,

leading, guiding me to be

whom you call me to be...

That’s who I am, O God:

   I'm your work in progress,

   I'm still your work in progress, 

   I'll always be your work in progress!

And I know you love me, always, 

every step along the way,

because you know me so well

and take me as I am

and you know so very well:

   complex, incomplete,

   rough around the edges,

   still growing up, still maturing

   with the help of your grace

   because I'm still

      your work in progress...

 

And I trust, O God,

that you who began this good work in me

will be faithful to your task

and bring me to fulfillment

on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ…

Amen.

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