Steve Lindsley’s musings on what Jesus might twitter brought to mind a brief model of prayer I came upon in 1976.
I saw it on the cover of a Presbyterian magazine called Monday morning. It was excerpts from Lord, I Said: 3 by Henry D. Hartmann, Raven Press, Box 7712, Salem, Or 97303
I share some of Henry’s prayers today and later I will share some of mine. The very act of writing them in this format can stimulate both humor and enlightenment.
1. Lord, I said,
I suppose that
makes me a
dammed fool?
Possibly not “dammed, he said.
2. Lord, I said,
I know I
goofed:
but isn’t everyone entitled to
a mistake or two?
You are overdrawn, he said.
3. Lord, I said,
it is so
good
to have found you!
But I was there all the time, he said.
When you need a change of pace, take some paper and try it out.
