I look at my spiritual life with frustration at times. I see how much I’ve grown and changed, how I’ve come to live a life of service and love of Christ. I see that I am on a journey to become more like Jesus, to see through His eyes, to live as He lived, to love as He loved. I see how I have been touched by grace, in ways I cannot express. Oh Lord, you have shown me such tenderness and mercy…you have emptied me and filled me up.
Yet, I see so many periods of inaction, when my growth seems to grind to a halt, and I am swept up in myself, my desires for comfort, for power or for acceptance. These periods can become attachments themselves, and have, yet… In your grace, Father, I am reminded I cannot separate the periods of desolation from the story. They belong as everything belongs. In the darkness that comes again and again, I see light in new ways and accept with greater humility the love that perpetually calls me into life. Jesus, I surrender to your life, your love. Thank you for my weakness and inability to live to my own standard…this is my humanity, Jesus, through which you continue to create life.
Father, I give you my reverence…you are holy. I turn to you in my humanity…
Let your kingdom come. Let your will be done, on earth, in this heart, as it is in heaven.
I accept, Lord, that you take care of all my needs…and you understand my desperate, futile graspings for comfort or power, or acceptance. Forgive me, and let me sow seeds of grace in all my relationships…let my response be total.
Lead me on a safe path, Lord, and give me eyes to see evil for what it is…
For all things belong to you and take on life and Truth in your hands…and all things proclaim your glory and grace everlasting.
Amen
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