100 Days of Prayer

Holy One~

Thank you for these mornings of contemplation,
to sit and think of all the good things
that you have given me
in my life.

What an honor it is
to tell people of your mercy.

Brian Merritt

Why is it that I am sometimes afraid to sleep?
Is it that I am afraid of the dreams that
will accompany my late night slumber?
Even in the depth of my worst dreams
I know that you are there.
Give me restful nights and the security
of knowing that you are there.

Brian Merritt

Holy One~

Help me to see things through,
to complete those things that I have promised.
It seems that I am overbooked
by those things that are not essential.
Rearrange my focus so that I might
prioritize the things that are eternal
or at least what I have promised.

Brian Merritt

Service brings about hope
it is always hard for me to remember.
I so often want to just sit
and think that things will happen
around me.
Yet, you require action on my part
to set things in motion.
You will not begin a work in me
until I take a little initiative.

Brian Merritt

Service brings about hope
it is always hard for me to remember.
I so often want to just sit
and think that things will happen
around me.
Yet, you require action on my part
to set things in motion.
You will not begin a work in me
until I take a little initiative.

Brian Merritt

Sometimes I feel 1/3 full.  

I feel that I can barely move

from my blue chair 

The world screams by me

at 100 miles an hour

while I sit and watch.

Help me to get out of my chair

and participate in life.

Brian Merritt

I almost forgot about you today.
That is probably more often the case.
Sorry that I forget that my life and breath
all come from someone who thinks
that I am good.

Brian Merritt

Holy One~

I can barely see who I truly am,
the person that other people see,
the person that you can see.
Mostly I see so much less
deprecated, unworthy, without talent.
Yet, there are other times when
I claim to know more than
my brain has the capacity to hold.
I answer questions no one is asking.
I hold court to be the most outrageous
person in the room.
Help me to accept the person you created
and made in this moment.

Brian Merritt

Holy One~

Match my enthusiasm for doing senseless and silly things with my desire for wisdom.
My desire to see the largest ball of twine, following auctions, reading comics, collecting folk art, twittering, Blipping, complaining, visiting thrift stores, thinking up crazy schemes involving vans, talking about fiberglass cowboys take my time. Help me to at least devote as much time to growing toward the human that you would want me to be.

Brian Merritt

…….

Fill my inner being
with your sacred sounds

silence

even if just for a moment
alleluia

how quickly you change the tune

cries

of others
my own

kyrie eleison

Melissa DeRosia

……

Shannon Meacham

God~

It seems that everyone is type a except me in this town.
Rush, hurry, honk, schedule, organize, delegate, network, preform, compliment, socialize, say the right things…..
Why do I not care? Does this make me a bad minister?

Brian Merritt