14 September 2025 Prayer for the Chaplain, Deacon, Pastor

Pray along with Pr. Laura right HERE

14 September 2025

Help me find myself, God. And save me from my weariness of the weight of the world. Let me lay it down at your feet right now, even just for a minute. Let me lay down the notion that I have any control of anything at all. The news is dizzying. Am I alive right now to see it? What am I to do? And you so simply guide my eyes and my heart back to you, just as you never take your eyes off of me – the one who feels lost and perhaps is some of the time. Thank you, God. For finding me in this moment of prayer. I rejoice in being found in you. It is no small thing for me to ponder leading worship today – because sometimes it just feels like too much. And then you remind me in some beautiful, mystical, or mundane way that you are faithful. That you are trustworthy. That you are sure. And I can point to that all day long! For me and for my people. Thank you for reminding me that even I cannot be lost to all of this. So give me breath in my lungs and voice to speak it and sing it. To pray it. To cry it. First for me. And then, as you give me life and breath to do, for my people.

In the meantime, help me love my family and remind me to soak it in. This love from these people who have my back, who love me so very well. And stir up on colleagues across CGP and southern Minnesota. Remind them that they are not alone. Bowl them over with your Spirit.

You make sense of my life, God. You fill me with awe and wonder. You find me when I am lost. Thank you. I love you. Amen.

Ok dear Chaplain, dear Deacon, dear Pastor! Don’t lose heart and don’t be afraid – God is with you.