Prayers of Examen
A few weeks ago my pastor preached about practicing daily Prayers of Examen. Certainly not a new practice to the world, but a new one for myself. I’ve been trying to use this method for the last few weeks and I find it to be helpful info using my meditation exercises.
Nothing particularly extraordinary happened in my world today so I thought I’d share my day via my daily prayer of examen since I’ve not yet done today’s prayers.
God, I welcome you into this space in my head and my heart where these words are traveling from. Thank you for giving me another day to be here on this earth. I am grateful for the time that I was able to spend with Nadine today. We had a good conversations about her return to school and campus next weekend. Thank you for your grace at my appointment at the clinic today. I’m thankful to have been able to attend today’s global outreach board meeting. I feel it was very productive and am excited about the plans that we have for 2018.
Today I am especially thankful for the love and grace I felt from the women at the clinic. Struggling with your health is such a painful, emotional challenge. The love and grace from their words have inspired me and filled me with new motivation. I am encouraged! It was a real blessing to know that I have their prayers, and how proud they are of me. I felt like I matter to them. I felt like I am much stronger than I give myself credit for. This moment taught me that I need to have more faith in myself too. I am thankful that God is in that space for me every appointment.
Today I felt most desolate when I found out that a close friend had been talking about me behind my back. It makes me sad to know that someone would feel anything less than love from me. This moment has taught me that maybe I need to have a conversation with my friend to resolve this confusion. I could have called her right away to discuss her feelings but I wasn’t sure if that would further upset her. I confess that I have talked about her too, and realize that we should have taken our conflict to one another first, and not other places. I am thankful that God was in that space reminding me to be slow to anger, and for helping me process that hurt in order to see that this isn’t about me at all.
God I need you with me tomorrow. I have my women’s group study in the morning followed by a visit to the Doctor with one of my children who has been struggling with anxiety and depression. Please help us to discern the best course of treatment for them as they navigate their personal struggles in their life.
In Jesus name, Amen.
On New Years Eve our pastor shared a New Years Prayer of Exam. It dug up a pretty deeply rooted hurt from my childhood. I am not ready to share that publicly but wanted to share the exercise in case anyone may benefit from this practice.
Nothing particularly extraordinary happened in my world today so I thought I’d share my day via my daily prayer of examen since I’ve not yet done today’s prayers.
God, I welcome you into this space in my head and my heart where these words are traveling from. Thank you for giving me another day to be here on this earth. I am grateful for the time that I was able to spend with Nadine today. We had a good conversations about her return to school and campus next weekend. Thank you for your grace at my appointment at the clinic today. I’m thankful to have been able to attend today’s global outreach board meeting. I feel it was very productive and am excited about the plans that we have for 2018.
Today I am especially thankful for the love and grace I felt from the women at the clinic. Struggling with your health is such a painful, emotional challenge. The love and grace from their words have inspired me and filled me with new motivation. I am encouraged! It was a real blessing to know that I have their prayers, and how proud they are of me. I felt like I matter to them. I felt like I am much stronger than I give myself credit for. This moment taught me that I need to have more faith in myself too. I am thankful that God is in that space for me every appointment.
Today I felt most desolate when I found out that a close friend had been talking about me behind my back. It makes me sad to know that someone would feel anything less than love from me. This moment has taught me that maybe I need to have a conversation with my friend to resolve this confusion. I could have called her right away to discuss her feelings but I wasn’t sure if that would further upset her. I confess that I have talked about her too, and realize that we should have taken our conflict to one another first, and not other places. I am thankful that God was in that space reminding me to be slow to anger, and for helping me process that hurt in order to see that this isn’t about me at all.
God I need you with me tomorrow. I have my women’s group study in the morning followed by a visit to the Doctor with one of my children who has been struggling with anxiety and depression. Please help us to discern the best course of treatment for them as they navigate their personal struggles in their life.
In Jesus name, Amen.
On New Years Eve our pastor shared a New Years Prayer of Exam. It dug up a pretty deeply rooted hurt from my childhood. I am not ready to share that publicly but wanted to share the exercise in case anyone may benefit from this practice.
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