Yesterday we finished with what I call the four-word prayer:
I can’t; you can. Let us see this
prayer as a seed to be sown. Let us allow the prayer to expand and to blossom.
Let us see where it might lead us.
"Lord, I don’t know where I’m heading. You do. Grant me the
patience which will help me be at rest in not-knowing. I don’t know, you do. It
is not up to me to know right now. Help me to surrender and let that surrender bring
me peace, peace in not-knowing.
"Lord, I cannot see how the disparate elements of my life can
fit together. You are the One doing the fitting-together. You are the one
weaving the tapestry. Help me understand this so deeply that I can put my life
in your hands and be at rest in not-knowing.
"Lord, I try so hard. I confess that at times I try too hard
and forget that You are the active agent in my life. Forgive my lack of faith. Help
me to surrender and to become totally dependent on You.
"Lord, I look into my life and see so much that is
incomplete, unsettled, disappointing and mystifying. You look on me with love
and see a beauty which I cannot yet see. I cannot make sense of this all now,
Lord, but you can. Help me to see the beauty of the process of my life, Lord.
Help me—give me even a brief glimpse into the beauty of my life EVEN WITH all
that is incomplete, unsettled, disappointing and mystifying. Lord, help me to
trust.
. . . and now, perhaps you can utter a prayer of your own.
If you feel you cannot do it, just remember that the Holy Spirit prays within
you, and that He can.
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