Hi God,
While the days change
from one to the next
our concerns don’t seem
to change all that much.
Each day we worry:
about what to have for supper
about how we’ll pay next month’s rent
about what our kids are doing
—and we worry about whether
we should worry about our kids or not—
about being too hot or too cold
about getting old
about whether we’re wasting our lives
about the practicalities of following Jesus
… and so on.
So my prayer today
is that you help us just to be
…for this one day;
to see things as they are
to do things as they arise
to find joy in mere existence.
Also, please have mercy on my soul,
sinner though I worry about being.
Amen