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My Prayer Today
by
Regina Pate
(Age: 34)
copyright 05-10-2006
Age Rating: 1 +
What a day
Wow what a year
Never in my life
have I seen myself
more clear
Looking at the world
with rose colored glasses
You miss all the other colors
in life, as each day passes
I took mine off today
Then I got down on my knees
Closed my eyes,
And I began to pray
Dear Lord,
what's up?
How have you been?
It's me, your daughter, Gina,
I need to confess my sin
I admit that I was wrong
And I am truly sorry
Please accept my apology
And forgive me, please
Whole hearty
And if it's not too much to ask
Can you forget it?
Can you Lord,
Can you grant me this one task?
I can't promise I'll never do it again
Because honestly, I don't know why
No matter haw hard I try
I always repeat my sin
But you see my heart
and you know the truth
You know me better than I know myself
You probably remember when
I lost my first tooth
So you can believe me when I vow
to try and do better
So please don't cry as you
quietly read this letter
I ask to receive your will for my life
To please take control, and remove
from my heart, this knife
I am trusting you can see my burdens
and will ease my load
and gently guide me down the right road
I don't worry about my needs
or how they might be met
I put my faith in you Lord,
and be happy with what I get
Temptation is strong
and there is evil
all around
So please, dear Jesus,
Keep me save and sound
I am a mother now,
I know you know,
And we both know
how I struggle
And how hard it is
to let them go
Please bless them
and comfort their heavy hearts
And carry them through those
troublesome, harder parts
Let me do right by these babies
Keep my spirit strong
and my mind able
Give me the wisdom that I seek
to answer all their maybes
I'm not asking to know my future
Or grant me the gift of sight
I'm just praying for discernment
In judging wrong from right
Let my No's be No's
and my yeses be yeses
and let with each one of my answers
my children it blesses
You gave me these children
and they are yours to take away
but please let me raise them,
I beg of you, in Jesus Name
I humbly pray
Amen
and
Amen
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06-08-2006
Richard Reed Jr
This whole poem becomes more awesome every time I read it. My favorite lines are:
I beg of you, in Jesus Name
I humbly pray
Amen
and
Amen
Never close as Jesus, but here for you just the same.
Thank You Very very much for your good write.
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05-17-2006
Richard Reed Jr
I'm not very eloquent with my comments.
I loved your poem very much, This will be most joyous to God's ears.
It's a blessing to see one with such faith, I'm afraid I'm fresh out.
Anyway great job my friend,
Rich
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05-13-2006
David Pekrul
That is the kind of prayer that God honours and answers. It shows humility, need and repentance. If you are truly sincere with what you have expressed, God will meet you where you are. But I think you already know this; now just have faith in the One who knows you better than you know yourself.
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05-13-2006
Roger Crique
My dear Gina, my queen for ever, you do not cease to amaze me with your pleas to the Big Guy! I will talk about your work first, then your path, which is a test of fortitude. Believe me, I can do this! This poem is very intelligently written. You speak to the Lord the way a child should speak to his parents, trustingly and openly, nothing hidden, because parents know more, parents know best. In this piece, you threw away all those meaningless words that we tend to use when we pray. You became one with The Lord! Though I continue to tell you about the length of your work, for the most part, your long poems seem to pull together at the end. This is not easy to do, so I trust that you know what you're doing when you put me through these long poems. For the most part, long poems affect fluidity and there is a hint of that here. But your imagery, as usual, is vividly narrated and your use of language -which has greatly improved- adds so much to the freshness and premise of this piece. Your visual cues are awesome, like the use of the word knife, to show your pain and affliction. The Lord knows us better than we know ourselves. He is not oblivious to our trials and tribulations. He is fully aware of what it is that we need. He knows exactly what you need to become a better person, parent, friend, wife, daughter, etc. You need to pass the test. Do not give up. Your test will be over before you realize it and wisdom, as you asked for, shall be yours!!! In one of your lines, you meant, "wholeheartedly."
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05-12-2006
Jack Curson
Honest, humble, refreshing, the first step in forgiveness is asking for it with a true and open heart, which is what I see here. Good write.
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