Season 5, Episode 10, A Prayer for You

50, 5-10, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 4/1/2021)Revised 3/24/22, 3/27/28Today we are going to read poems about prayer.  After praying for guidance, I found five poems that are about prayer.  Prayer is in the title.  And if we have time I’ii read a poem about prayer that I wrote after the five prayers were chosen.  We’ll get April Fool’s day out of the way so we can move on to our theme for the day.Today, April fools,I wonder who rules,The don’ts or do’s.Is it AprilWho does fillOur minds with nonsense,Not dollars and sense?Is it April herself,Now off the shelf,Who has the last laughWhen it starts to rain On our parade,Turning our tears of laughterInto raindrops falling on my head?Sorry if you were expecting a joke.  April Fool’s day is no joke,  You better be prepared for it.Discussion:Our first poem is from God Still Rhymes, pg. 57MY PRAYER TODAYLord, tell me what to pray.Tell me what I should say.May your Spirit that is holyBe at my side, my guide solely.What I do learnI do not earn,But by your graceI now have faith.You lead me not astray.You show me the path to stay.It is thru your SpiritThat I now can learn it.Lead me, guide me,Take my life and set me free.Discussion:The next poem is also  from Living In God’s Rhyme, pg 85THE STORY OF MY PRAYERDear Father in Heaven I pray that I live for you today.Dear God I pray that all I sayIs that your will be done, that I live for your Son,That with the setting sun, your will has been done.My heartfelt hope, my desireIs that I not deserve your ire,That by your indwelling spirit,The voice of your words, I hear it.So why today do I feel defeated?Why do I know there is a distanceBetween you and me, and what I see?Why do I know it is all because of . . .?As I am lay my head upon my bedI feel the fear that you are not near.The fear that I know is that of what I did sow,That when I shut the door, I feel your presence no more.It is time that is wasted,In a vast waste land that is my mind.It is blessings that are squanderedAs not trying, you I did not find.Then your word as I pray to repent:He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.And what does the Lord require of you?To act justly and to love mercyand to walk humbly with your god.(Micah 6: 8, NIV)As I get ready for sleep, as my soul does weep,I pray that what I did sow, tomorrow will not grow.As I get ready for sleep, I pray that my soul you keep,Keep it from the dust, that I do what I must.Yes, Lord I pray for your help in living my lifeIn a way that pleases you and those I meet.I do pray for your help keeping me from strife,From falling in the gutter of the crowded city street.But more than that prayerI pray that you remove the door,The one that I keep closing,That when closed keeps you out.When that door is closedMy voice is silentAnd my hearing deaf,My sight is blinded.So I ask Lord that this be my...