Monday Morning Offering: 8/16

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Good morning, good God!

 

I've got a lot to offer you this morning

- not that I'm feeling especially generous

but because there's such a surplus 

of what I want to give...

 

This morning, Lord,

I offer you all my good intentions

- which I have in great abundance...

I have so many great plans, Lord:

    high and lofty goals,

    aspirations and ambitions by the dozens,

    dreams and schemes for every purpose,

    expectations of the highest order,

    and promises, made mostly to myself,

    though some were pledged to you...

Good intentions - such a bargain!

Virtually free - no upfront cost!

But then comes a price to pay: 

the cost of failure, disappointment and regret...

All this I offer you this morning, Lord,

along with a simple prayer: 

    Help me prioritize my good intentions

        and make the best of them,

            one intention at a time;

    help me sort the possible from the pipe dream,

        the wishful from the purposeful,

            the serious from the fanciful;

    help me scale my goals to modest scope,

        not to limit my achievements

            but to enable their attainment;

    help me aspire to accomplish

        whatever you intend for me

            to work through, reach and do;

    help me be faithful to my promises,

        to keep the word I give, Lord,

            to you and to myself... 

 

This morning, Lord,

I offer you all my good intentions

for this day, this week, this year: 

    give me wisdom, Lord, 

        to know my limits and potential

    give me endurance to follow through

        and finish what I start...

    and give me grace, Lord,

        to follow as your Spirit leads...

 

Amen.

 

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