I wrote this prayer 11 years ago and have posted it several times over the past decade. The fact that it still "fits me" is a confession of how slowly I grow in the spiritual life -and- a testimony to God's merciful patience with me! Here's the latest version of this prayer...
Lord, sometimes I look back upon the last few days, the week just
past - or even over months and years - and catch a glimpse or two (or more) of how your grace has brought
me to the present moment through all those trials and troubles that seemed,
even yesterday, to be impossible, irreparable, impassable...
But, here I am tonight, Lord! I've made it through these days and months and years - and only with your help and by your grace...
But, here I am tonight, Lord! I've made it through these days and months and years - and only with your help and by your grace...
No, not everything has been resolved - but here I am - tonight - with you - and that's a very good place for me to be...
Sometimes, Lord, I only glimpse your grace when I look in the rearview mirror. I so often fail to see your helping hand in all the ways you reach out to help, encourage and support me. You lift me up when I am down... You lead me on when I hang back... You draw me out of my resentment, my anger and self-pity...
I let myself get in the way, Lord: I look down instead of up, I look in instead of out, I think the worst and not the best, I give up hope when hope's exactly what I need the very most...
I
get in the way, Lord: I close my eyes and ears, my mind and heart... I miss the ways you're there, right there by my side, to protect and guard and guide me...
I get in my own way, Lord, and I stumble and trip over disappointment, fear and worry. I get in my own way and fail to see you're there for me in just the ways I need you. I get in my own way, Lord, and miss the many ways you call to me:
Sometimes, Lord, I only glimpse your grace when I look in the rearview mirror. I so often fail to see your helping hand in all the ways you reach out to help, encourage and support me. You lift me up when I am down... You lead me on when I hang back... You draw me out of my resentment, my anger and self-pity...
I let myself get in the way, Lord: I look down instead of up, I look in instead of out, I think the worst and not the best, I give up hope when hope's exactly what I need the very most...
I get in my own way, Lord, and I stumble and trip over disappointment, fear and worry. I get in my own way and fail to see you're there for me in just the ways I need you. I get in my own way, Lord, and miss the many ways you call to me:
Wake up! Get up! Shape up!
Lean on me! Depend on me! Rely on me!
And remember that I'm always with you,
right by your side...
One day at a time is all you ask of me, Lord, and every day is just how often you reach out : to help me through, to lead me through, to get me through, to carry me through all the toil, troubles and trials that seemed, just yesterday, last week, last month, last year, to be impossible, impassable, irreparable...
Open my mind and heart, Lord... open my eyes and ears and all my senses to your presence all around me and to all the grace you offer me - each and every day - just one day at a time...
One day at a time is all you ask of me, Lord, and every day is just how often you reach out : to help me through, to lead me through, to get me through, to carry me through all the toil, troubles and trials that seemed, just yesterday, last week, last month, last year, to be impossible, impassable, irreparable...
Open my mind and heart, Lord... open my eyes and ears and all my senses to your presence all around me and to all the grace you offer me - each and every day - just one day at a time...
Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake
and watch over me while I sleep
that awake, I might keep watch with you
and asleep, rest in your peace...
Amen.
See Me Through It by Brandon Heath
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