Pause for Prayer: FRIDAY 6/11

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Limitations, Lord!

 

That's what's on my mind this morning:

   being a finite human being with limitations... 

There's so much more I'd like to do,

so much I'd like to do for others,

but I'm so limited by my

    weakness

    pride

    selfishness

    cowardice

    greed

    desire

    laziness...

So, in short, Lord,

I'm limited by my sin

but there's a remedy for that

and it's your grace 

and your grace is always there for me...

But I'm also limited by - time...

Sometimes I don't make the time

   to do what I want to do

and sometimes I waste the time that's mine

   to accomplish what I intend

and I'm increasingly aware

    that like everyone on earth

    my days, too, are numbered...

But there's an answer to all this, Lord,

and the answer is in the moment:

    this is the day you've made and given me,

       the only day I have and the only day I truly need...

 

But of all the limitations that frustrate me, Lord,

the greatest is - my powerlessness:

I so often feel powerless

    to heal the wounds 

        of the brokenhearted;   

    to bring healing hope

        to those who have none;  

    to quicken the faith

        of those lost in doubt;

    to lift up in joy 

       those crushed by sorrow;

    to reconcile the separated,

       the estranged, the forsaken;

    to mend the brokenness 

        I encounter and cause...

 But it's through my weakness, Lord,

    that I truly find my strength in you

so that when I am weak,

    then I am strong...

I pray for the grace

    to be healed of my sin, today, Lord,

for this is the day you've given me

    to find my strength in you...

Amen.

 

 

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