Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Dear God,

"Correction," all day yesterday the word remained in the forefront of my mind.  I had no idea I had so many negative thoughts until I heard you whisper the word.

There is a person I can hardly bear (besides the U S president).  She is disrespectful, lazy and acts entitled.  I see her a lot while in Maine.  Yesterday as I weeded and cleared a large flower bed, she kept coming to mind because she frequently drove up in a borrowed car to use her mother's washer and dryer.  Each time a negative thought would rise up in me.  About the second or third time it happened, you asked me, "Well, are you just going to be negative?  Or are you going to pray for her?"  Properly corrected, I started praying.  I must have prayed 12 or 15 times.  Am I really that negative?  I thought.  I needed correction and perhaps she needed prayer.

Holy God,
you know
what we need
when we
need it.
I was wrong.
I needed chiding
and you
gave it
to me.
I am thankful.
It was
a lesson
in humility.
Clear my mind
and clean me up,
I pray.

Love, Andrea

Love, Andrea