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Dear God,

I know
all things are possible
for you
and you know
my passionate,
no desperate,
needs
desires
hungers...

Yes, this is
that same prayer.
How much
more passionately
can I present
my supplication?

I don't
know what
to do.

How would I even
know
if you did
choose
to grant
my supplication?
What would I need to do
differently?

I sometimes
feel
completely
and totally
directionless.

By Bruce Whealton
June 22, 2009

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“Now lay back in the chair,
resting your feet in the chair in front of you,
begin with a few deep breaths,
breathing in relaxation
breathing out tension
becoming more
and more
relaxed.”

Sister Jean was guiding us
in a new way
to pray.

I had come for comfort
and consolation -
I was grieving and needed
a mother a heavenly
Mother
who would hold me in her arms.

She continued,
“Now begin to feel yourself resting
in the arms of God.
Let go relax
deeper and deeper you drift
into re-lax-a-tion.
Feel yourself supported
in the arms
of a loving compassionate
God…
Held close,
softly.

A God that listens
and understands
and cares.

Look into her eyes” -
Did she say ‘her’ eyes?
I asked myself… that was what I was hearing.
“Tell her what you are feeling.”

Take all the time you need
now, to be with your God,
in her arms,
comforted in a state of complete
relaxation.”

This is what I remember…
Like it was yesterday.
Someone from church reminded me of this.

Bruce Whealton – March 15, 2009

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