My prayer of peace: "Thank you, God, for me, for my
life, for my everything just as it is right this very minute."
I've prayed this since I first heard it back in the '70s,
and it has been invaluable in turning my focus from what I thought I needed to
acceptance of what is.
I then branched out and started praying it for others. It
has become my go-to prayer for such as my friend diagnosed with Alzheimer’s,
another's daughter with autism, more than a couple others with cancer, another
with degenerative neuropathy, another with chronic back problems...and the list
goes on.
“Thank you, God, for him/for her, for each one’s life, for each
one’s everything just as it is right this very minute."
This surely removes the self-determined objective prayer...the
prayer of the narcissistic ego which immediately knows what needs to be done,
tells God, and then determines that it's probably hopeless...oh woe, woe,
woe.
God knows our needs...we get to stay focused on, say, a lily
of the valley, and let all be well. No matter what our lying eyes tell us…for
unless we are using God’s eyes with which to see, ours are lying eyes.
Thank you.
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