Theme for the Week: “Not So Common Prayers”
Wednesday Wonderings: Problems
Good morning God,
I’ve got problems. In case you didn’t know that I knew that, I thought I’d talk about them with you.
• I’m having trouble understanding others (or is it me I’m having trouble with?)
• I’m angry and so I get irritable too readily (you’re not surprised?)
• I’m anxious about the future (or is it that I’m kicking myself about regrets from the past that might resurface?)
• I’m hiding behind artificiality too often (or is it an insecurity that my feelings really aren’t important?)
• I’m trying to believe (or is it that I really don’t trust your ability to understand my humanity?)
Nothing-new here?
I know.
Help me to remember that you know my problems and to be aware of your grace that is already taking care of my stuff.
--Ben Keckler
08.26.09
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Daily Devotions - Wednesday, January 23
Really?
“Then God promises to love me all day, sing songs all through the night!
My life is God’s prayer.”
--Psalm 42:8 from The Message
Eugene Peterson, the writer of The Message, says, “The impulse to pray is deep within us, at the very center of our created being, and so practically anything will do to get us started—‘Help’ and ‘Thanks!’ are our basic prayers.
Untutored, we tend to think that prayer is what good people do when they are doing their best. It is not.
Inexperienced, we suppose that there must be an ‘insider’ language that must be acquired before God takes us seriously in our prayers. There is not.
It is the means by which our language becomes honest, true, and personal in response to God.
It is the means by which we get everything in our lives out in the open before God.”
My prayer for you — May your morning prayers bring you into the presence of God so you feel surrounded by Holy love as the day turns into night. Amen.
Ben Keckler
01.23.08
“Then God promises to love me all day, sing songs all through the night!
My life is God’s prayer.”
--Psalm 42:8 from The Message
Eugene Peterson, the writer of The Message, says, “The impulse to pray is deep within us, at the very center of our created being, and so practically anything will do to get us started—‘Help’ and ‘Thanks!’ are our basic prayers.
Untutored, we tend to think that prayer is what good people do when they are doing their best. It is not.
Inexperienced, we suppose that there must be an ‘insider’ language that must be acquired before God takes us seriously in our prayers. There is not.
It is the means by which our language becomes honest, true, and personal in response to God.
It is the means by which we get everything in our lives out in the open before God.”
My prayer for you — May your morning prayers bring you into the presence of God so you feel surrounded by Holy love as the day turns into night. Amen.
Ben Keckler
01.23.08
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