Have Patience With Me, Lord

Have Patience With Me, Lord is a prayer for spiritual growth and God’s grace. I hope this prayer-poem inspires you today.

Today’s post is the twenty-fifth one in the #write28days challenge, in which I’m participating during the month of February 2021. Today’s prompt is “Patience,” and here is my prayer/poem.

Have Patience With Me, Lord

Have patience with me

Lord

as I grow

ever so slowly

to be more like you.

My nature

is to complain

about you tying

me to trellises

pruning my branches

pinching off shoots.

Sometimes in my hurts

I turn away from you

pouting

like a child

doubting

the movement

of your skilled hands.

But I want to put

those childish ways

firmly behind me

and submit

to your training

toward maturity

even when I must endure

pain

to learn.

Have patience with me

Lord

as I learn to bear fruit

in every season

not only the sunny summer days

but days with overcast clouds

swirling winds

and driving rain.

Remind me to cling to you

as my refuge

trusting you hold

me secure.

Have patience with me

O Lord

as I push out wild tendrils

rather than resting

in the way you grafted

me into the stronger

healthier

more fruitful stock.

May I fix my eyes

on the beautiful harvest

you’ll bear through me

if I am patient

with your process.

Want to be more fruitful for the Lord? Check out my convenient Bible study on the fruits of the spirit HERE.

You may also enjoy my post on how to live a well-watered life HERE.

Read all my posts in the Write 28 Days challenge HERE.

Have Patience With Me, Lord

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