TheBanyanTree: Today's prayer...

[LLDeMerle]

Dear Lord,

Thank you for this beautiful day and the sun on my ice cold feet amid the
giant pile of weeds I begged my family to pull out of the garden all summer
long.  I know that keeping score is petty and not what you are about, but I
appreciate any notice of my patience, or feigned patience, because, as we
both know, summer began 4 months ago and the weeds were so high that I could
stand naked among them and all the neighbors would have noticed is that I
was standing in the garden

Forgive my sins.  Forgive me for saying "fuck," and forgive me for enjoying
saying "fuck" as much as I do, though I don't say it near enough as I would
like to, so please note at least some self-control  Forgive me for savoring
"fuck" like a fine dessert that I can't get enough of and forgive me for
sometimes not really giving a good fuck that it is unChrist-like to say.  

Forgive my sins.  Forgive me for being a heretic and never perfectly fitting
in wherever I go to worship you.  Forgive me for losing patience and telling
people that you don't have a denomination, anyway, and what goes on between
you and us is more reliable than what church leaders say and that no one
needs to protect you from sinners, since your work was all about sinners.

Forgive my sins. Forgive me for snubbing my cousin's wife the other day, but
she started it first.  Remember when she bitch-slapped me at Grandma's
funeral because she didn't like how the service was conducted, followed by
the fake good-bye?  Remember when she snubbed a bunch of us at my brother's
wedding?  I don't want to be mean, but I just think it's a waste of time to
say hello when I am going to get the shoulder, anyway, and....she has
issues.

Forgive my sins. Forgive me for startling my husband by telling him that,
no, he does not get a "thank-you" for doing a job that I have been asking
him to do for 4 years.  I understand that he is surprised and finds this
disconcerting, but....he can do the math.  

Forgive my sins. Forgive me for the times I am annoyed at my husband and
instead of telling him about it, hang his shirts up to dry inside out.
Forgive me for sometimes leaving the cat poop for someone else to pick up.
Forgive me for being petty and childish and human and flawed.  Forgive me
for being imperfect, but, after all, you are the only one who is and
although you are a fine example, you do have a decided advantage,
considering your divine inheritance.  I think this is a good time to ask if
you grade on the curve, considering mankind's handicap.

I'll try to do better, tomorrow.



L