Thursday, March 14, 2013

A Great Prayer


In the Hall of Fame of prayers we could list a few.
The Lord’s Prayer has to be at the top.
The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi is a great one.
The Serenity Prayer is a cherished one as well.

How about this one?
 
“God help me.”

Ever had to pray that prayer?  I have. 

And the amazing thing is … this prayer is heard and responded to by God just as the all-time-hits prayers.  Now note this – I am in no way making light of these great prayers.  Sometimes, however, we can’t form the words and thoughts in the moment and about all we can get out is “Help.”

God is not offended. 
He is not put off.
He doesn’t think you are lazy.

He comes near. 

Yeah.  He comes near.

I think God understands our humanness more than we allow Him to. 

And he comes near. He stoops down and lifts us up.  Wow!  Can you picture that one?  God comes along and lifts us up when we can’t do that for ourselves.  That is amazing to me. 

What a great prayer – “help”!

What a greater God!

(This blog is inspired by Anne Lamott's book -  
 
P Michael Biggs
Offering Hope
Encouragement Inspiration
One Word at a Time

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