Today I want to share a prayer that I stumbled across. It's called "Save Us from False Ambition" but the reason I like it is because of how it speaks about prayer itself. It comes from the book Prayers Plainly Spoken by Stanley Hauerwas.
God, I am just too busy. Too many people, too many questions, too much to do. We confess we stay busy because we fear acknowledging our emptiness. How amid this busyness do we rest? How do we worship you? Please create space, which may be other people, to make time, our time, serve you. Force us to rest through the activity of prayer so that all our loves and fears might be made perfect in you. Help us see how such busy service, if it is service, may be just the rest we need---just the worship we need. Finally, and most importantly save us from false ambition. Amen.
I love this thought of prayer as rest, service, worship and space. I'm not sure what he means by "Please create space, which may be other people." Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Lately I have been using a written prayer list to help me stay focused in my prayer time. If you don't mind commenting, I'd like to know what prayer time is for you and how you carve that space of rest into your life.
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