Prayer for Monday

Dear Lord,

It’s Monday.
(But you know that already.)
Monday probably doesn’t affect your work week one bit,
but it has enormous implications for mine.
Pressure (I have so much to do).
Adrenaline (the fight or flight kind).
Discouragement (I’ll never get this all done).
Despair (I’ll never be free of this pressure).

Now comes the breathing exercise.
Hoo-hoo-hee-hee.
Almost like I’m giving birth.
That’s not what you want for me today.
It’s not what you’ve planned.

Breathe.
I’m going for a walk, and I’m going to give this all back to you,
just like I do every Monday.
And every Tuesday-Sunday if I choose to live by faith instead of by sight.

Oh, God of heaven and earth,
Give me your Presence and your peace.
I am way too human
and way too incapable of performing what you have for me today.

I want your will, your way
Today and every day.

Amen.

image by Karen Arnold