Runner's Prayer Seven
>> 7/3/09
Our Father,
We rise each morning to face many challenges. Some are freely chosen. Others arrive uninvited.
We come to this event seeking the best that is in us. Because of our faith in you and the abilities you provide, help us to run this race and all of life with an overcoming attitude. Teach us to confront adversity with diligence so that we may emerge victorious.
As we face the challenges of this day, relieve us of all that is wasteful. Free us from negativity and pessimism. Remove from us anxiety and fear which would sap our energy and burden our spirit.
Give us vision to see your purpose and plan for our lives. Grant us wisdom for the decisions that lie before us. Help us to run with determination and resolve. May there be nothing half-hearted about the personal investments we make in this endeavor.
Neither this contest nor the journey of life is easy. We do not ask you to make our way free of difficulty. Instead, we ask you to supply resources adequate for attaining difficult goals.
When the distance is covered and the pain is past, we pray that our efforts will honor you and that our joy will be full.
Amen.
5 comments:
Dear Craig, this beautiful (as always) post of yours, may be the answer to my yet unwritten email.
thanks for being there...
sincere-lee
lizzie lee
I will always seek to be there for you in any way you might deem helpful Lizzie. So if the e-mail gets written don't hesitate to send it. And if not, know that you are in my thoughts and prayers.
I always appreciate your Runner's Prayers - Thanks! :)
Craig,
Your posts are so thoughtful and inspiring. Thank you for this beautiful prayer!
Run for fun,
Hope
Annette -- Thanks. I always appreciate your stopping by.
Hopeinator -- Thanks for the kind words. I wish you well on the back to back Disney races.
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