A Prayer for Help

As this year comes to a close and a new year is about to shine it's first rays of promise, I have been gently reminded that many of us...even the ones that have a direct phone a friend line to God... seek grace and direction. We are all so busy in our daily layers of life that often times we forget to ask for help. I know that many of us don't, or better yet, can't ask for help because it follows suit with failure or a sense of not being able to accomplish everything that us "SuperWomen" say we can. Yet, through the act of simply asking for help, we reap the greatest of rewards.
I often laugh because I truthfully think that God has the sweetest sense of humor. It is in our times of rushing or crossing those all important items off of our lists that we find out just what a trickster he can be. I'll give an example...many times, I am looking for a gemstone or a metal piece that I need to complete an order...usually in a rush because, well, there are things to do people! In my frustration and haste, when I have looked in the same place like a million times knowing that is where the all important piece to my puzzle resides, I shift my gaze upwards with a haughty glance and say"Ok, I know that you know where it is, please help me find it". Then I walk away to take a look in a place that I know where it won't be only to come back and see my little puzzle piece laying right on top of my strewn out supplies. Coincidence? I think not!
I believe that this metaphor applies in all levels of our lives. It seems simple, too simple really, to have the "ask and ye shall receive" principle at play in our daily lives. But, in truth, if what we seek is for our best and highest good, God will provide no questions asked.

Here is a gentle prayer to ask for help, just when you need it:

Please, help me find what I seek
in the corners and the dark places
light my path
help me to open my heart
and receive your
divine intervention
open my eyes
when I have closed them shut
let me hear
when I have silenced
all possibility
help me to know
when I feel that
truth has escaped me
I ask for your
help to bring this
into my life
for my better and higher good
let your will be done

Ask fervently and with purpose. 

God is listening.

Dear God

Dear God,

Let me help you

show the naysayers

that your love is real

I know that they

doubt

all the magnificent

works

of your hands

they question the

destruction

and misunderstand

that all circumstance

is a creation

of their lack of love

and denial

Dear God

I have faced

many trials

where I have wondered

about your purpose

and how I would

survive

yet all was in your gamebook

mapped out for me

to become closer to you

through every hardship

I will not back down

from my journey

for you have been there

along every step

Dear God

help them to see

who you truly are.

A Winter's Prayer

My leaves have all curled

 and fallen to the ground

 my weather worn bark

 has split its seams

I am covered with

 the tiniest of snowcrystals

making a chilly deposit

on each of my

once glorious branches

Let me have this time

of solace and reflection

to replenish all that has been lost

when the sparrows have left

and their songs

no longer enchant my soul

may I have that memory

to bring me forward

may I have that memory

while I slumber

Let me take this time

to gather my visions

for tomorrow's new dawn

will bring change and warmth

the buds of my leaves

will come forth and

raise their hearts to the light

of the glorious sun

until then

 let my heart

be conent

let my dreams

be calm

 my will strong

until God's  light

brings beauty's rest

to a close