a prayer of submission

Through Christ, my Lord, I have found favor with You

I abide in Your Kingdom as beloved child and humble servant

Resting not in blind trust but in the richness of a faith

Rooted in the testimony of my life

And of those who have journeyed before

When you set the impossible before me

I am assured You will see the work to its fruition

Wipe from  my sight the closed door of rejection and

Fix my vision on the path of possibility You manifest

That I may follow Your lead with confidence in Your design

Cause me to so desire Your righteousness

That I forsake my need to comprehend or control

All that passes through Your hands

Enlarge my experience of Your infinite power

And use my life to fulfill Your purposes here on earth.

offered in response to the story of Mary in Luke 1:26-38