Prayers and Blessings to Feed Your Heart

by Debbie Prevost

For a Tired Spirit:
Dear God, I am feeling overwhelmed. I have taken on too much, and now I don't know how I will get it all done. So many people are depending on me! My heart feels heavy and my spirit is tired. I'm not resting well, because I'm making lists for tomorrow when I should be sleeping peacefully. Dear God, please help me to sort through all the tasks big and small and find the ones that will do the most good. Help me to know, moment to moment, how I can best use my hours and days to bring happiness to everyone I love, including myself. Help me to know when to say no, and when I must, help me to say it with honesty, compassion and respect - so that even my no's are a blessing. And please send me some fun to balance all the work, so I can regain my joy for everyday life. Amen and thank you God.

For Abundance:
Dear God, at this time of Christmas miracles, I'm asking you for a deeply spiritual gift. Help me to understand, all at once, the full meaning of abundance. Show me, in ways I can understand, how wealthy I am in talents and gifts, and in opportunities to use them to bring growth, joy and enlightenment to others. Send me clear messages that tell me how richly I am loved by others, and please give me creative, delightful opportunities to show how much I love them as well. Give me paid-for-life entrance to the wellspring of abundance that dwells in your sacred heart, and show me how to swim in the wellspring with passion and wisdom. Make of my life a graceful, luminous tapestry of loving abundance - a life in balance - both appreciated and grateful every day. Amen and thank you God.