Pause for Prayer: LABOR DAY WEEKEND 9/4

 

Work, Lord, is what I:

    do and avoid

    love and hate

    need and ignore

    thrive on, put off

    look for, hide from

    want, reject

    relish, despise

    overdo, skip

    share, possess

    quit and begin... 

I work at many things, Lord:

    my job

    my past

    my marriage

    my vocation

    my present

    my family

    my prayer

    my hobby

    my trust

    my health

    my future

    my worry 

    my belief

    my home

    my happiness

    my growth

    my leisure

    my education

    my future

My work, Lord:

    rules and frees me

    weakens and strengthens me
    separates and connects me
    distracts and focuses me
    hurts and heals me
    empties and fills me
    pushes and pulls me
    annoys and gratifies me
    saps and energizes me
    questions and answers me
    delights and saddens me
    consumes and develops me
    ruins and saves me...

 

Bless me, Lord, in the work I do:

    with the prudence to plan it

    the mind to engage it
    the desire to begin it

    the strength to do it

    the grit to keep at it

    the grace to collaborate

    the will to complete it

    the wisdom to take my rest

    the desire to share the harvest I reap

    and to give you, Lord, all the glory and praise

        for the work of my heart and hands...

 

Amen.

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