Prepare my heart for prayer Lord.  Cleanse it, soften it, open it to hear and store Your Word and Commands.  This world loses luster, blighted almost to snow blindness, color fades to tans and grays.  Teach me that new song I heard upon the night, promising joy in spite of upset, persecution or assumed loss.  Show me that they cannot take that which is held tightly against Your bosom, safely in the palm of Your Almighty Hand.  Let Your Kingdom rise and may we soon delight in the Righteous Rule of the One True King.  I am so eager to learn that which is presently beyond my understanding.  Courage, peace and a fulfillment of belonging where I have been placed.  Show me.

Peel from me the layers of soot, ash and pollution that have hardened upon my skin.  Purify my soul so that nothing ill may reside within this temple.  Let me be a proper vessel for the Waters of Everlasting Life promised by Your Word.  They cannot doubt health, nor love nor true forgiveness.  Let me use these tools of discipleship in place of my insufficient programs and intentions.  You are the source of salvation, let me find that well within my spirit so that I may fill this cup from which others may drink and be saved.  Teach me to step aside and shine Your light upon the path leading to the Good Shepherd.  Let me not view my work through commercial, political or idol eyes.  Make me a slave to Your Sovereignty and commit my heart and each sub atomic particle of my soul to Your Perfect Will.  Lead me.

This path does not fall away beneath my feet, my footfalls finding sturdy granite to bear all that must be carried.  My fear washed away like the soil, fallen from my clothes, hair and heart returned from whence it came in the world of possibility and illusion.  If my greatest fear was of death which no longer has dominion in this life or the next then what supports its worthiness as an inhibitor or barrier to my victory?  How can something that cannot suffer the second death be frightened by loss of first life?  Certainly I will miss people, places and harmony I have seen in this journey, but it shall not compare to what awaits me.  I will do the best in this life to be prepared for the next and show as many treasured souls the way to eternity in the presence of God.  This world was created by Him for His Good Pleasure, my life shall not be spent in vain, earthly pursuit, but as kindling prepared for the quenching fire of the Lord God Almighty.  Set me aflame.

God be Praised in all that we say and do.  In the Everlasting name of Jesus.  Amen.