Dear God,
Perhaps the words I whisper to you almost every night have fallen just short of the mark; though I find that hard to believe. Your grand plan - Please help me to find it and to understand it.
It just seems that the amount of pain shared by two exceeds that which my God - our God - God would allow us to live through.
I grasp the concept of “Cross Bearing” and “Burdens” - though I continue to seek the better journey. Is the “Path of least resistance” the correct path, or is it the path of “Greater Hardship” that we need to traverse?
We are your children, Bright, Bold and Alive; we are your children stricken, weather beaten and still will not fold.
Guide Us - Guide us even more clearly along this path and show US the way; help us to complete the journey to happiness. Please allow us a life of eternal love. Please Lord - you know the way - your way, is Our way - the faith is strong and the doubts that attempt to creep in are simply tag-teamed to defeat. You must recognize that we will never give up the fight by now. But Lord, I/We do not need doubt, we need each other and we need US. The good of our ONE will benefit the many; take care of us, your children; the gratitude returned ten-fold.
Please show us the way, and we will be quick to follow.
Protect her and keep her safe. She is one of those rare and unique gifts you have created and bestowed up us. I am - we are blessed to have ever been touched by the warmth much less have felt and continue to feel the love of her - so completely.
So, with palms upturned, eyes focused and hearts wide open we seek you and the wisdom only you can share.
Help Us Please…
; ?>)
March 31st, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Oh my god, I am sitting here crying. This is SO raw and beautiful. As if you speak for the souls of all of humanity. You are amazing. Your spirit shines here. Your heart is wide open and good. I am speechless. Stunned. As if I just looked at the soul of the world. I am deeply moved and believe your prayers are heard.
You wrote: “We are your children, Bright, Bold and Alive; we are your children stricken, weather beaten and still will not fold.”
WOW! Although personal, this is indeed a global prayer.
Thank you so much Ben,
Hugs and love to you.
Robin
March 31st, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Thanks Robin,
…personal
…Global
It is all good
April 1st, 2009 at 5:41 am
Wow. I will say this prayer too. Please God, answer his prayer.
April 1st, 2009 at 6:48 am
Thanks Kells
I am sure there will be answering
April 1st, 2009 at 6:49 am
Perhaps the words I whisper to you almost every night have fallen just short of the mark; though I find that hard to believe. Your grand plan - Please help me to find it and to understand it.
It’s a journey that we will walk each and every day of our lives, and unfortunately when we find out that particular “plan”, the blue prints change. I believe there is no complete understanding of it as an whole, of our life’s lessons, the who’s, why’s, and where’s.. come to us all differently, and often we feel we wait to long for those answers. Often those answers don’t come at all.
Last year at this time, was hellacious for me - loosing someone that I grew to love in a short period of time, someone I depended on to get me through the day, someone who brought light to darker days.. why? how? I only look back now, I can only comprehend the loss as, I was sent an angel for a moment in time, I was sent someone who would prove to me, there was good in people.. for this I thank God!
Beautiful work Benny!
April 1st, 2009 at 6:50 am
“Peharps the words I whisper to you almost every night have fallen short of the mark…” - it’s hard to believe because it shouldn’t be believed.
I use to always encourage others to pray but when I started believing that statement above, I realised I was CHOOSING to fall short. It influenced my thoughts, my actions and my faith until I ended up walking round as one of those “all-talkers; preach one things and do the other” type.
We must put our whole heart into those prayers and leave the thinking, out. I say that because we always tend to live by OUR expectancy which is limited, and not His. Our way is boxed to suit what we think we need and entitled to - His way is a open field where anything goes, where the right things happen at the right times and what is provided/presented to us happens to be exactly what you need - just don’t know it yet. We look and we search and come to the conclusion that we have once again been ignored because the answers don’t fit our criteria - yet we have be answered and have been shown the way, sometimes even daily, just BAMM! right there under our nose!
So I encourage you to keep pouring out your heart and hold on!
I pray for your strength, wisdom, discernment and clarity. I love you, my friend.
April 1st, 2009 at 8:11 am
I’m feeling the same thing
I think I need to say the same prayer.
April 1st, 2009 at 10:07 am
Very powerful… I am speechless…
Love you Benny and Thank you.
April 1st, 2009 at 2:31 pm
I guess we all have a different relationship with God and unfortunately too many people have “no” relationship with God whatsoever. I am not one to pray every night before I go to bed. However, I communicate with God on a daily basis. First, when I wake up in the morning I thank him for allowing me to live another day and for allowing my loved ones to share their life with me. I thank the Lord often for all the great people and great things in my life. The Lord has showered me with so much of his goodness. Every day is a gift from God, and when things don’t go my way or I feel a loss, I try to accept God’s plan and more often than not even during the most painful of experiences I am left with hope, for my faith in God provides me so much comfort.
April 5th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or sheer luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness, and sometimes stupidity, all occur to test the limits of your soul.. your faith in God.
Without these small tests, whatever they maybe, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight flat road to…. nowhere. It would be safe and comfortable… but dull and utterly pointless.
Sometimes things happen to you that may seem horrible, painful and unfair at first, but in reflection you find that without overcoming those obstacles, you would never have realized your potential, your strength, your will power….all these coming from one Supreme Being, our God.
God would send you to turbulent rivers of life.. but He would also give you
boats and paddles to cross them.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths.– Proverbs 3:5,6