Monday Morning Offering: 8/3

Morning Coffee by George Mendoza

My blog was almost a year old before I wrote the first Monday Morning Offering. It was not my original intention to make it a regular item but the great response to the first MMO led to its becoming a weekly feature. So here, about a month late, is the 12th anniversary posting of the very first MMO. Reviewing the text reveals that I'm still praying today for things I prayed for over a dozen years ago!

O God,
it's Monday!

A new week stretches before me:
will you walk with me this week, Lord?

Slow me down before I go too fast
and give me strength to do well
the things I really need to accomplish...

Give me the wisdom to lay aside
the things I do not need,
the cares I need not carry,
the burdens I need not bear...

Amid the worries of this week, Lord,
calm my fears,
lift my spirits,
give me rest
- and keep me in today...

Open my eyes to any way
I might lighten the burdens of others
and give me the grace and courage to offer:
my hand, my arm, my shoulder;
my heart, my support, my comfort;
my smile, my story, my love...

Show me yourself this week, Lord:
open my ears to your voice,
my eyes to your beauty,
my heart to your mercy,
my mind to your counsel,
my weary limbs to your strength,
my mouth to give you praise...

A new week stretches before me, Lord:
help me live it
a day at a time,
in your time,
in peace...

Amen.


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