Today's Prayer

My dearest Lord,

I don’t know how today is going to go.

I feel that I may be bad-tempered and lose my cool.

I might speak words that don’t glorify You.

I might act like a child and cry.

Maybe I’ll glare at someone, throwing daggers with my eyes.

My thoughts may be filled with irritation and unkindness.

Forgive me, Papa. 

Lord, please don’t leave my side today.

I need You, despite my foul-temperedness.

I need You, because of my foul-temperedness. Because of my humanity. 

Please be with me, Your peace – that passes all understanding – constantly by my side.

Psalm 139

Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee from your presence?

If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
    if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me,
    your right hand will hold me fast.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
    and the light become night around me,”
even the darkness will not be dark to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.