Why do I pray every day?
I pray for safety, I pray for health, I pray for happiness, I pray for peace.
I pray with gratitude.
I pray with compassion.
I pray with love.
My prayers are not a contract or deal that I am trying to make with God. Prayer is my way of spending time in God’s presence with the hope of developing a sensitivity and connection to the Holy Spirit that lives in and around all of us. Selfishly I want to learn how to “Go with the flow” rather than swim against the current and struggle.
Here is the rub… even if I am going with the flow, not every river is a peaceful stream. Some rivers flow down mountains as white water rapids, some rivers lead to powerful waterfalls, and some rivers run dry.
My prayers do not guarantee a shady, quiet, peaceful stream. My prayers help me to understand that stream, rapids, waterfall or my time to evaporate and run dry, I can live in harmony with God and the Universe.
I can live with gratitude.
I can live with compassion.
I can live with love.
God,
Help me to love all those around me as You love me.
May I be like the sun and shine without judgement.
Help me to love others not because of who they are, but because of who I am.
Amen.
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