‘Cause I can’t do this alone

Dear Lord; Good morning Father!  Today Lord, I’d like to start out with an apology and to pray for your forgiveness.  Yesterday, things were a little crazy at the office and I ended up having to put aside my plans to run out on to a client site over an hour away to deal with an unreasonable customer.  The problem took all of five minutes to remedy on-site, and was absolutely something that could have been handled over the phone had we been allowed to.  And while I didn’t show my anger to the client, I certainly blew my top when I got back to the car.  Father, I said and thought some truly terrible things about that person that in retrospect I realize was sinful behavior on my part.  Please forgive my stress-induced outburst of malice, and help me retain my composure in the future.

Now, on to some positive thoughts for the day Lord.  As You know, I’ve been listening to a lot of Contemporary Christian music over the last couple of weeks, and it’s been a wonderfully uplifting change to my days.  One song however, really hit a chord with me and I’ve had the lyrics running through my head quite a bit.  The song is called “Lead Me” and is sung by the group Sanctus Real.

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As a father, it resonates with me at a very fundamental level.  The lyrics describe some of my deepest wishes and prayers beautifully.  The closing verses to the song are :

“So Father, give me the strength
To be everything I am called to be
Oh, Father, show me the way
To lead them
Won’t You lead me?

To lead them with strong hands
To stand up when they can’t
Don’t want to leave them hungry for love
Chasing dreams that I could give up

I’ll show them I’m willing to fight
And give them the best of my life
So we can call this our home
Lead me, ’cause I can’t do this alone

Father, lead me, ’cause I can’t do this alone”

This is my prayer every day Lord.  Please lead me to be the best husband, father and servant of Your Will that I can be, ’cause I can’t do this alone.  Amen.

~Phather Phil