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> Your Lovingkindness in the Morning
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>> Cause me to hear your lovingkindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.
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Occasion: Praying first thing
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Before the coffee pot starts,
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before the screen lights up,
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before I speak to anyone else,
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Lord, let me speak with You.
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I am here, though part of me is still waking,
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and part of me has already begun
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to carry the weight of the day.
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Yesterday is not entirely gone.
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Today is already asking things of me.
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Let Your kindness be the first thing I hear this morning.
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Teach me to bring You my soul
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before I hand this day to habit,
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hurry,
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or whatever shouts the loudest.
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One thought follows another,
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and soon I am moving
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without ever having asked
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where I am going
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or who I am becoming along the way.
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So make this first turning toward You plain.
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A chair.
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A breath.
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A few honest words.
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I don't need to sound wise ---
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as if You didn't already know me.
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I don't need the whole way mapped ---
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one step is what You've promised.
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Only show me how to walk faithfully
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into the hours before me,
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and give me grace enough
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for the next thing.
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Before the coffee pot starts,
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be first.
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Before the screen lights up,
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be first.
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Amen.
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