dailydatewithgod

One of my more recently consistent prayers has been a simple, “Lord, use me.”  I do not spend much time thinking about it after or before I say it, it has become a standard in my conversations with God. One thing I have come to understand after all these daily dates with God is the same degree to which I do not know God, I also do not know how I might be of use in any given situation.  I have my ideas and things I am familiar with or areas of interest, but I can’t count the number of times I have shown up to something thinking it was for one purpose and finding out it was yet another element of learning about myself and the world around me.  I also have discovered times when I thought I was there in a particular capacity only to be called on or found myself in a situation where I could be useful with something else.  There is definitely a surrender in the prayer which can be scary because it leaves so much open and unknown.  There is also an element of excitement and potential growth and awareness of the possibilities of life.  It calls upon me to open myself up to how God sees me which is another one of my constant prayers versus how I see me and the world around me.  I cannot possibly know all the ways God will show up and that includes how God invites me to participate in showing up through me. We are vessels of the unknown.  We are the messengers of love who do our best to show up in the moments of breath we are given and called to be who we are at our core.  This is no easy task, especially when we put our ideas of what it or we are supposed to be.  The simple prayer of usage allows me to experiment with life.  I can’t get it wrong.