Anne Lamott says there are three essential prayers: Help, Thanks, and Wow! And I’m kind of running out of prayers, so I’m using one of hers which she says “will do in a pinch.” So, let us pray:
Dear God,
I am just a mess.
It is all hopeless.
What else is new?
I would be sick of me, if I were you, but miraculously, you are not!
I know I have no control over other people’s lives, and I hate this.
Yet I believe that if I accept this and surrender, you will meet me wherever I am.
Wow! Can this be true? If so, how about this afternoon, say two-ish?
Thank you in advance for your company and blessings.
You have never once let me down.
May we always trust that our God will never let us down!—AMEN
(Adapted from Anne Lamott, Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers.)