a blessing for believing your gifts still matter
a blessing for believing your gifts still matter.
O God, I feel disengaged, discouraged, and yes,
actually embarrassed that I even have to ask:
have I misunderstood entirely what i am good for?
O God, give me some meaningful work to do,
where the gifts you have given me can do some good.
God have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Spirit have mercy.
“take heart; get up,
he is calling you.”
—Mark 10:49
God have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Spirit have mercy.
“for it is God who works in you
to will and to do for His good purpose.”
—Phil. 2:1-13
Blessed are we who have heard Your voice saying “Come, follow me.”
and long to be drawn more and more into Your goodness.
who invite You once more into the home of our very hearts,
to come and be with us, just as we are.
blessed are we, the poor in spirit, who sit and wait and listen.
O God, tell me plainly, what should i do?
speak to me in a way that lets me know that it’s You talking
and not just my own need or desire.
give me courage to strip away impediments–
any improper loves or misguided desires.
O God, grant grace to move freely, without the self-consciousness
that can misdirect or taint a good intention.
Show me o lord: what is the gift, the one that is mine to give?
for this time, and for this place.
Blessed are we who ask You, God,
to do in us the work that needs to be done,
that we might do the work that You would have us do,
according to the good purposes You had in mind for us
from the beginning.
God have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Spirit have mercy.
Bless it. start it. flow.
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart,
as working for the Lord, not for human masters.”
—Col. 3:23
