Pause for Prayer: SATURDAY 6/7

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What I'd love to have, Lord,
   is a spiritual GPS 

to map a path for my life

    where all the roads are level and smooth...

Of bumps and potholes I've had enough!

Something newly paved, firm and smooth, 

    would be a welcome change...

Of dark valleys and steep hills I've had my fill:

   a level highway would make my day  -

      and help me make my way to you...

Why is it, Lord, that fidelity's path is so often
    rough and rocky, with twists and turns
      and uphill climbs that never seem to end?

Why is the way of your word and will
   so often the hardest road to take

while other paths, to right and left, 

    seem shorter, faster, smoother?

 

So, Lord

    if I've made a wrong turn or two,
       show me the way I should have gone: 

    let your word be a map 

        your wisdom a compass
             to show me the right direction...

 

And if, praise God, 

    I'm already on the right path: 

show me your face and take my hand

    and let your spirit guide and guard me 

     every step along the way... 

 

I trust you never mislead me, Lord! 

That for reasons known to you alone  

    the road I'm on is the path that's mine,
         the one you mapped for me...

 

When short-cuts beckon
   to lead me astray 

strengthen my resolve to follow you

    and to never walk alone...

 

When I tire of the path I'm following,
    and can't see where it leads;
when I'm not sure where it all began
   or how I got this far;
when I wonder if this journey of mine 

    is worth the pain and trouble: 

give me breath for another step 

    and a glimpse of where I'm going;
let me see you've brought me safe thus far
   and safe will bring me home...

 

Be with me, Lord, along the way
   as you're with me now in prayer;

I only want to walk the way
   that leads me home to you...

Amen.

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