Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Pray for Shortcomings Removed

August 22 - So often, in the past, we prayed for things, a windfall, or a streak of luck.  I've learned in Gamblers Anonymous that real prayer begins - not ends - in asking God to change me.  In fact, that's exactly what the Seventh Step suggests:  humbly asked God (of our understanding) to remove our shortcomings.  We ask God for help through His grace, and the amazing thing is that such a prayer is answered if we truly want it to be.  Our own wills are so much a required part of the result that it seems almost as if we had done it.  But the help from God is even more necessary; without Him, we couldn't possibly have done it alone.

Have I asked God to help me change myself?

Today I Pray - May I learn to pray broadly - that God's will be done, that God remove my shortcomings.  No need to specify what these shortcomings are; God who knows all, knows.  May I learn that details are not necessary in my praying.  All that matters is my humility and my faith that God does, indeed, have the Power to change my life.

Today I Will Remember - To ask God to change me.

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