Bring him to Me.

       Mark 9. 19

(Bring this difficult situation,

    this impossible relationship,

    this dilemma or desperation

                  before God.

Not just what we cannot

                handle on our own,

not just our anxieties and fears,

          but our hearts.

Have I laid this before Him?

That should be our first response,

                 not last resort.

Have I considered that

   God is doing something

     deeper than I can see?

What does God have to do

            with what is before me,

    with what is on my path today,

    with what is hurtling toward me?

Everything.)

O LORD,

Help us to bring these things

        and lay them at Your feet.

Help us even to drag

   what we cannot lift

                  or imagine,

that which pulls us

               away from You.

You call us

   to bring it to You.

May we listen and respond

  and walk with You.

Open our eyes

   not just to a new solution

             but to You.

You make all things new.

Even the familiar.

Even what we consider ordinary,

  which is never

  so ordinary after all.