Prayers for the Battle

This is from a book called Guerrilas of Grace - Prayers for the Battle. 

I love this prayer!

Lee

 

Help Me to Believe in Beginnings 

God of history and my heart, 

So much has happened to me during these whirlwind days: 

I’ve known death and birth; 

I’ve been brave and scared; 

I’ve hurt, I’ve helped; 

I’ve been honest, I’ve lied; 

I’ve destroyed, I’ve created; I’ve been with people, I’ve been lonely; 

I’ve been loyal, I’ve betrayed; 

I’ve decided, I’ve waffled; 

I’ve laughed and I’ve cried. 

You know my frail heart and my frayed history— 

And now another day begins. 

O God, help me to believe in beginnings.

And in my beginning again, 

No matter how I’ve failed before. 

Help me to make beginnings: 

To begin going out of my weary mind Into fresh dreams, 

Daring to make my own bold tracks In the land of now; 

To begin forgiving That I may experience mercy; 

To begin questioning the unquestionable 

That I may know truth; 

To begin discipling 

That I may create beauty; 

To begin sacrificing 

That I may accomplish justice; 

To begin risking That I may make peace; 

To begin loving That I may realize joy Help me be a beginning for others, 

To be a singer to the songless, 

A storyteller to the aimless, 

A befriender of the friendless; 

To become a beginning of hope for the despairing 

Of assurance for the doubting, 

Of reconciliation for the divided; 

To become a beginning of freedom for the oppressed, 

Of comfort for the sorrowing, 

Of friendship for the forgotten; 

To become a beginning of beauty for the forlorn, 

Of sweetness for the soured, 

Of gentleness for the angry, 

Of wholeness for the broken, 

Of peace for the frightened and violent of the earth. 

Help me to believe in beginnings, 

To make a beginning 

To be a beginning.

Sot that I may not just grow old, 

But grow new Each day of this wild, amazing life You call me to live!!

Comments

[Alyssa]

Lee I love this and I'm inspired! Thanks for sharing!

Alyssa, MN