“A SIMPLE GIFT OF CONCENTRATING PRAYER”
You might think that the title of this post is a mistake. “Don’t you mean ‘concentrated prayer’?” No, although concentrated prayer can be a wonderful thing as well.
But a good friend of mine gave me a wonderful gift the other day—a prayer that helped me to concentrate. In other words, he gave me a concentrating prayer.
I mentioned at a twelve-step meeting that I had a project designing an online course for the university where I teach, and was I ever intimidated! And I had to finish it within the next few days, so that the dean and the course design committee could go over it.
I love teaching, but I have A.D.D., and it often gets in the way of doing even things that I love. I can concentrate. It may just be a bit more difficult for me than for some.
After the meeting, I received the following text:
“With your permission I have a prayer for you to say while You’re preparing for your course.
‘I am an intelligent man. I can and will do this. God, I know that if I get stuck or tired You will be there to help me.’
Good luck. I’ll be praying for you.”
That prayer settled me down. It calmed me down. And I turned in the rough draft of the syllabus just before noon today.
Sometimes, simple encouragement, simple gifts, and simple prayers are simply what we need.
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