The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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A Simple Prayer

It begins with humility.

I wake in the night
to offer this simple prayer:

Lord,
teach me to pray,
how to offer my heart
and my soul to you
to know that I am heard.

Then come morning
I pray for an awakened faith,
to believe
when I have no evidence,
to trust
when I am not trustworthy,
to let go
when I think I am in control.