A Prayer for Friday

I'm tired Lord

A long week

A funeral tomorrow

Everything just keeps piling up

If I measure myself

by my own standard of what I should be

I slide into despair

 

I am not enough

I can never be enough

to measure up to the standard 

I have set for myself

 

And yet you Lord

have introduced this thing called grace

 

and your response to me is "of course"

of course you don't measure up

and the harder you try

the worse it will be

 

You say to me

"don't you get it?  Just stop

 breathe

 go inside

 seek to find that divine spark

 that spirit

 let it move

 let it blow

 let it burn like a fire

 let it become real

 bigger

 stronger

 and that small piece of the divine, that Christ in you, that Spirit

 will connect with the Greater Whole

 with me, your God

 

 and as the Spirit rolls

 as the love moves

 as you discover union

 communion with me.......

 

 you will find yourself!"

 

Thank you Lord

I was tired

and frankly

I didn't get it!