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PRAYER IS POWER
August 12, 2009Some people come to “stretch” us. Some events happen to pound us. Like a metal we stretch with the pounding. Then we get into the fire to melt and mellow, only to bear the pounding again. Sometimes life cools down. Only to repeat the whole cycle. Only for us to be made into the fine form we are meant to become. Here is a prayer we can all share.
Dear God,
…don’t make me feel so bad that I should hate my life. Don’t stretch me so much, I might grow weary and turn into a thin weak sheet. Don’t pound me too long, I might break already. Don’t immerse me to too much fire, I might realize the dark element in me and burn in anger. Don’t make me wait too long, I might grow restless and ungrateful. Don’t make me dream too far, I might wander off and get lost. And please, do not dishearten me with too many of life’s complexities, I might rebel.
Please do not take me so high, I might forget the solid ground and choke with air. Don’t give me too much success, I might burst with unnecessary pride. Guard my emotions so I will not expect too much, nor feel so un-favored and brokenly unable to mend. Save me from my own harsh criticism, that I may see my own beautiful reflection. Spare me from too much pain, that I might become bitter and forget that I am just as special as the others. Teach me to refine my values, and never surrender my self-respect just to compromise. Help me bend when I need to bend. Straighten me whenever I feel low and small.Strengthen my will and rekindle my faith, that I may reach out to the heavens when it is hardest to pray.
Guide me in loving and teach me to love back. Help me keep my emotions on the right track and clarify my visions, that I may walk the path I always desire to tread. The good path. The better path. The only path I know could get to You. So grant me, I pray, a hand that helps, a heart that loves, a mind that envisions, and a chance to do what I am supposed to do.
Forgive me when I wane in faith, when the fire in me loses its valiant sparks, when I become disturbed and annoyed by the threats and hurdles that keep on growing. Comfort me when I dream too much and get frustrated and unworthy. Allow me to accomplish whatever good that is in my heart so I can have that inner peace of doing something beyond myself. And please tell the world not to dampen spirits of people like me who go after their dreams. Guide me out of the tunnel of self-doom and rescue me when I lose hope. And teach my heart to persevere even when the world turns unfriendly and disappointing.
Forgive me for the darkness in my soul, for my cynicism, for my stubbornness and even for my skepticism. Forgive me for my wanderings that take me off the road. Protect me from my fears, from getting drowned in self-pity and even in too much hope in something that’s too far off. Forgive me for my insecurities and incapacities. And talk to me please because I need you. I need you because I love you. And I love you because that‘s what I’m here for.
Make me brave when I am afraid, when I get frustrated, rejected or isolated. Help me to be kind even when my own pains teach me to be selfish and bitter. Encourage me to fight fairly knowing that You will also fight for me when the world beats me unjustly. Teach make to stand up for myself when I am battered and injured. And heal me of my wounded scars and enliven my spirit to continue forward even when the climb is steep or the road is wearing me off. Help me when I am helpless, heal me when I am beaten, inspire me to do good. Intervene in my life events that I may not feel abandoned and unloved. And love me please sometimes in the way I could also recognize it. Your ways are mysterious God but help me connect.
Please don’t hide too long or let me wander too far, I might get tired looking. Allow me the chance to live my dreams and “get there” so that every pain or sorrow or hardship or disappointment could make sense to me. Allow me to find my own footprints that I may be happy. Help me find my own “place” that I may feel complete. Dearest God, help me push my boundaries that I may strive to always become better. Surround me with people who will make a better person out of me. And inspire me to pray and please teach me how, that I may always reach out to you… be it in joy or in despair.
