Well, God,
not sure how much I am feeling “it” today.
Whatever “it” is, I am not getting it on.
So, I pray anyway. Not because I am holy, or connected in Spirit, or even engaged in it, but because I can. I could just sit here and blather on,
or, I could just sit here and let you speak, but then I would have to listen.
I left my listening ears at home today. Unfortunately.
I really just want to watch YouTube videos of pitbull puppies and hedgehogs going camping. I really just want to eat another peanut butter filled with chocolate cookie here at Starbucks. I also wouldn’t mind to knit, just a few rows. But I pray anyway. Because I can. I can type my small surface thoughts, skating around my mind, grazing my heart at its edges, even as my fingers itch to hit a new window in Safari and feast on scrolling through shoes on Zappos. But I pray anyway, because I can.
I pray, because I must.
Because
I need saving,
especially from myself!
God in your infinite mercy,
Amen
Rev. Karla Miller is the Minister for Community Life at Old North Church UCC in Marblehead, Massachusetts. She is also a contributor the RevGals book, There’s a Woman in the Pulpit.
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