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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Simple Prayer

New book I've been reading by Gloria Gaither has some awesome real life simple prayers that really speak to my heart. I thought for right now I'd share this one.
The gift I bring You today
The gift I bring You today, Lord is not an easy one to give.
Oh, not because I dont want You to have it. I do.
But because it is in pieces and scattered all over my life.
If it were in one neat chunk, it would be easy.
But at this point, I'm quite sure I cant even find them all - and some pieces are such strange shapes I'm not sure I'd even recognize then to give You.
So I'm giving You the pieces I see and recognize, the ones I can identify.
And I'm giving You my pledge: if You'll help me find the rest of the pieces - no matter how long it takes or how deeply embedded they are in the fabric of my days - I will give You those, too.
Is that something You'll accept?
It's sort of a gift on the installment plan, I guess.
And like an installment, You own it and have it coming.
Please search my heart and know that it is my true desire to give You all of it.
My gift to You, Jesus, is control.
Save me from the influence of a world, a time and a culture that brianwash me daily in every way to believe that being in control, taking control, and never losing control is the only way to live.
I know that instead it it the quickest way to die.
It is the Eden story all over again.
Today, Lord, take control of my life.
I give You all the control I can find.
Help me find it all and give it with joy.
Amen.

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