Prayer for a Receptive Heart

Jesus,

Don't let me miss the gifts given to me today

because of what was taken from me yesterday.



Diane Mann, 2014

Sometimes I Forget

Sometimes I forget I'm forgiven, thus forgetting you, too, are forgiven. Please forgive me.
diane mann 2011

I'm Covered

Today I open a can of paint
Trying not to inhale too deeply the fumes
But am struck with the potent truth
That God remembers
My sin
No more

Romans 4:7
"Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered."

Today

Today I loved you
Not like Christ loves you
Today I treated you
Like He never would
Condemnation He serves not

His fingers don't point

At where you're lacking
Or what you should or shouldn't have done

So pure and right is He!
His fountain flows with forgiveness, cleansing, redemption

A gathering back of His loved ones
To Him

"Come, all who are thirsty! 
Come and Drink!"

God has called me to be a vessel

Of healing love and much-needed grace

To His children

To you

Today I saw you through eyes of fear

And offered my anger

My hurt and resentment

Trying to make you feel as though

You've missed the mark

My actions looked nothing like

The life-giving love

That Christ so freely pours on me

And you

How I hope you'll forgive me
As Jesus forgave me
Today

Diane Mann 2010