Prayer for the Real Deal

the song below is a great one to start a new week on!

I ask Lord, to be fitted for life and love’s tasks at hand

To keep motive committed to Mercy’s First in Command

To see the best in people, to be kind, not finding fault

To recognize how blessed we are and the Giver exalt

I ask that we remember we all carry hurts and hopes

That the conclusions we assume can concoct slippery slopes

That in our heart of hearts which you behold we humbly claim

The goodness of your grace, and then grant fellowman the same

I ask for strength; we are all care-carriers, so it seems

And we all need to learn to rearrange our plans and dreams

To reach rather than wait and see what falls into our laps

To lean upon the One who knows the Full of each ‘perhaps’

I ask for true compassion; so much so it changes goals

Because we realize the priceless-ness of living souls

How what we feel is often not the real deal, but the curve

Of love weighed in the balance as we choose whom we will serve

I ask that we do not despair though weighed with what life grants

Remind us You are everywhere, greater than circumstance

And that we make the most of what will never pass again

For thy kingdom, power and glory forever, Amen

© Janet Martin

Psalm 34:14
Turn from evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it.