My Prayer for Today

You see I am an adult with self-diagnosed ADD. Do I really have it? Perhaps. Who knows? I am certain that if in the late 1960s and early 1970s Ritalin had been popular I would have been one drugged up little girl! I could not sit still! I cannot accurately recall how many recesses I missed and write-offs I was assigned just because I couldn't shut up or sit down. So as an adult, when my mind and my being is going in umpteen different directions at once, it just seems normal to me!

But as I try to deepen my Walk and spend more time in prayer with my Lord, being ADD really stinks! I hope God understands. As I sit here early on a quiet Saturday morning before I head to KY to spend the day with Mother, I want to start my day with a sweet conversation with God. So I thought I would "blog" it. Not to be boastful in prayer - the scriptures strictly warn against that and I don't care if anyone reads this. I'm trying it as a focusing tactic.

Lord, thank you for this day - it's going to be a good one. The air is crisp this morning as I let our doggies out in the backyard. I love autumn - it's one my favorite of your works. And while I'm at it - thank you for my sweet little dogs. They are strange - especially Gunther - what were you thinking with him? But they have both brought Ed and me a lot of joy. And I'm grateful. And thank you for my daughter and her husband and the sweet fellowship we've come to enjoy with them most Friday evenings of late. Heavenly Father, you've shown me that when my children are believers and live Christian lives, it is one of the richest blessings a parent can know. Thank you for my awesome mother who I plan to visit today. Help me enjoy this day with her and help me act in a fashion that ensures that she knows how much I love her! And I pray for a safe day of travel. Thank you for my sweet husband Lord. He will be staying here today to do yardwork and to prepare our house for the party that I scheduled here tomorrow. If he makes it through the day without getting aggravated with me, I will be most blessed! And finally Lord, I want to truly spend my day in your presence. Please help me be mindful of you and help me behave in Godly ways - that bring you glory. I love you. Amen.