Saturday, September 13, 2008

A prayer to be forgiven

"Heavenly Father,
We come before you today
To ask your forgiveness and
To seek your direction and guidance.

We know Your Word says,
"Woe to those who call evil good"
But that is exactly what we have done.
We have lost our spiritual equilibrium
And reversed our values.

We have exploited the poor and
Called it the lottery.

We have rewarded laziness
And called it welfare.

We have killed our unborn
And called it choice.

We have shot abortionists
And called it justifiable.

We have neglected to discipline
Our children and called it
Building self esteem.

We have abused power
And called it politics.

We have coveted our neighbor's
Possessions and called it ambition.

We have polluted the air
With profanity and
Pornography and called it
Freedom of speech and expression.

We have ridiculed the time
Honoured values of our
Forefathers and called it enlightenment.

Search us, Oh, God,
And know our hearts today;
Cleanse us from every sin
And set us free.

Amen!"


This is just something I think we all should think about....

For me, I have to admit, I have "coveted...and called it 'ambition'." It makes me look twice at myself and wonder, "Am I pleasing God?".

All we have is through Him, shouldn't we live our lives for Him?

1 comment:

simonsenfamily said...

I have always loved your honesty Sammy! Good for you and very admirable.