Lord, I don’t know how, and I don’t know where and I don’t know when. But I know you’ll provide for me, someone out there who I’ll love and who’ll love me back.
O How I don’t deserve it, but how I want it so much. Like the home you gave me. Like the friendships you’ve let me make. Like the people you’ve placed in my life.
Lord, help me be patient. Because I want things so fast. I want it done. Sealed, completed, finished. I don’t want to leave things to chance. But I know more than anything, you provide for your children in this world. No matter how hard our trials are, you make beauty out of it.
So Lord, take these hands and feet and make some use of it. Paint some colour in the lives of those around me. Plant some seeds of hope. And don’t forget us or neglect us. Make us your garden. And as difficult as it is to prune us do so in your love.
But Lord, don’t let me be like a child pulling a tantrum, whose parents just give way, spoiling them. If it be your will, accept my gentle request to be shaped and prepared for the one who will come. Sharing with me in all the ups and downs. Let me trust in you, that in your good time you will provide for me one that I can cherish for the rest of my life.
I’m sorry when I wanted to stop. Finish it all. I’m sorry when I let my mind take over and convince me that I’m not enough. I know it’s not your intention in life. But let me see your love, your reflection in the faces where I thought it’d never be.
Help forgiveness reside in all of our hearts. Never holding a grudge or feelings of malice to another. Rather, let understanding, patience, trust and goodness take over. You’re our One Hope. Renewing, healing and keeping everyone around you just by your presence and Holy touch. May your power be ever so strong today as it was all those years ago.
And as I embark in the next stages of my life Lord help me, bless me if it be your will. Guide me with your bright light. Teach me your ways and please never stop. I’m all yours, I live for you. You are my life, my love, my hope.
Thank you for your dear churches. I know none are perfect. But even in the political noise and mess may you intercede. May you give rest to the pastors, elders, heads and leaders of the church.
May your kingdom truly come, may your will be always done. On earth as it is in heaven. I’m nothing but you are everything. So let me carry this renewed hope you that you have given to me. Help me carry myself with a confidence founded upon you, not myself. And let your spirit, of joy, hope, truth, and kindness be ever around us, working in us and through us too. Have your way Lord.
We are only your mere vessels if you so choose to bless us.
Love you eternally.
Amen.