Homemade Prayers Vol. 1

Metaphors 

Dear Lord

Lead me not into cheap metaphors,

like, “Running is like faith, because

you suffer but you persist

and try to be disciplined

and at the end you feel something

approaching glory.”

Also please lead me not into

trying to sound clever

all the time

by, for instance,

trying to avoid cheap metaphors.

Amen.

BA214

Dear God,

Normally,

I’m not into those prayers

which ask for Your direct intervention

in things.

Like people who pray for their football team to win,

or to get that big promotion

or even for a sick person to get well.

I feel like You don’t really like to get involved

in things like that.

And that what we really should be praying for

is Your help in living through whatever might befall us.

I feel like

that’s more Your scene.

Having said that,

it would be great if this airplane didn’t crash

into the North Atlantic.

Just putting it out there.

Amen.