God, I am struggling to facethe difficult thing I know I should do. O God, help me. God have mercy.Christ have mercy.Spirit have mercy. I took courage,for the hand of the Lordmy God was on me.Ezra 7:28 God have mercy.Christ have mercy.Spirit have mercy. Blessed are we who recognize,that strangely,we are struggling under the weightof…
O God, why do the days feel so shortand the minutes so long? Oh God take hold of time,and order it once again. God have mercy.Christ have mercy.Spirit have mercy. On this palm sunday,time is markedas one small donkeyplods toward Jerusalem, And one with a face set like flintwalks forwardtoward the eastering of all sorrow…
Oh God, this never-ending pandemichas taken so much from our kids,and as parents we have not been ableto make up the difference. Oh God help us.help our kids. God have mercy.Christ have mercy.Spirit have mercy. And He took the children in his arms,placed His hands on themand blessed them.mark 10:16 God, what a thoughtthat You…
Oh God,we are elated to be gaining groundin so many ways.Yet some are barely inching forward,or have fallen ruinously behind. God help us remember them.give us eyes to really see them. God have mercy.Christ have mercy.Spirit have mercy. For if they fall,one will lift up his companion.But woe to himwho is alone when he falls,For…
God, I need a gentler day,a respite from the strident voicesand the attention economy,problems I can’t solveand burdens that feel too heavy.I need a break. God, shelter me awhile. My soul cleaves to the dust;revive me according to Your Word.Psalm 119:25 NASB God have mercy.Christ have mercy.Spirit have mercy. For in the day of trouble,God…
God, I know that what I am trying to carryis far too much,but Ii don’t know what else to do O God help me. God have mercy.Christ have mercy.Spirit have mercy. Come to me all youwho are weary and burdened,and I will give you rest.Matthew 11:28 NIV God have mercy.Christ have mercy.Spirit have mercy. Blessed…
Blessed are you sitting among the shards of what could have been. It’s broken now, that dream you loved and it spilled out all over the ground. Blessed are you letting your eyes look and remember all the hope you once had. All the love, all the beauty, all the future selves. You could have…
God, I am so readyfor this pandemic to be over,but it isn’t yet.this is a new hard place to be,so full of promise,but undefined risk. O God,give me patience.give me hope.Did I mentiongive me patience? Teach me to do your will,for you are my God;may your good Spiritlead me on level ground.Psalm 143:10 NIV God…
God, I’ve finally got the memo.I’m not nearly the person I thought I’d be.And this life is notwhat I would have picked. O God, yet I desire the goodthat still could be.show me the way o Lord. God have mercy.Christ have mercy.Spirit have mercy. Lord, I know that people’s livesare not their own;it is not…
God, I am appalledat the violence and sufferingthat keeps happening. God, how do I wrapmy mind around this?What can be done? Be angry and do not sinEph. 4:26 Literal Standard Version God have mercy.Christ have mercy.Spirit have mercy. The kind of fasting I want is this:Remove the chains of oppressionand the yoke of injustice,and let…
Oh God you see them,the ones who are overwhelmed–the caregivers and workers,Zoom warriors and parents–all those who are giverswhose greatest need nowis just to be able to receive. God come in Your powercome in Your tendernessto bring the helpand relief they need. God have mercy.Christ have mercy.Spirit have mercy. Be assured,that nothing you do for himis…
God, I am stuck in a cycle of emotionthat feels a lot like hatred,though I can hardly admit it. O God of Love, help me to breathe here,get my bearings, and find my way back to You. God have mercy.Christ have mercy.Spirit have mercy. We put aside the easy burden,which is self-accusation,and weigh ourselves down with…
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