Life Ordering

O Lord, forgive what I have been,
sanctify what I am,
and order what I shall be.
Author unknown

May 28th, 2008 Affirmations Comments

Pillar of Fire

With a skeptical spirit
I’ll assume management of my future, if you don’t mind God.
I admit
that leap of faith isn’t in me.
The courage to risk remains foreign.
It’s hard to move into the darkness guided only by a pillar of fire

especially at night.

If you are going to guide my future you will have to take hold…

and hold tight.  Amen.

November 06th, 2007 Affirmations Comments

Radical Availability and the Eternal

In that brief moment, I sink into radical availability.

I become open, vulnerable, less defended.

It is as if the Holy Spirit has hit a reset button,

and before me is an infinite set of possibilities.

Holy Spirit, May this moment lead me into eternity. Amen.

October 26th, 2007 Affirmations Comments

Inherited Wealth

When I stop and think
about myself
as a child of God,
and …
as a child of this world,
I begin to realize
the wealth I have inherited.

Thank you God for my inheritance.  Amen

October 24th, 2007 Affirmations Comment (1)

Holiness is a grace.

I want to be holy, God.
I have a vague idea of what this thing called “holiness” is.
I read about women and men who lived holy lives.

I need a clear idea.
Is there some method or technique I can use?
A formula or spiritual exercise to follow?

All I know is that my life is anything but holy.
I feel anxious and insecure,
fearful, resentful and cold-hearted.

Perhaps it is not time
to throw myself with renewed vigor
into what I think I need to attain.
I don’t have the energy.
Besides, in the past my effort did not lead me to change;
at best, it covered up my root need.

What I really want, God, is to be a certain kind of person,
with a holiness that I sense cannot be achieved by my effort.
It is not a commodity to buy, or a prize I win.

Holy One, could it be that what matters is who I am

and what I become through you?

October 18th, 2007 Affirmations Comments