Well this is “Holy Week,” and for some reason my life has not exactly fallen in line with the title of this week for the church. This week has thus far been filled with frustrations from many sides, and I unfortunately have not responded in a very “holy” manner.

Scripture says, “Be holy as I am holy.” That seems to be a lot easier said than done doesn’t it. Well for this week, in light of my own indiscretions, I have decided to write out an Easter Prayer. To those few folks that read this blog regularly I hope that this blesses you, and draws you a bit closer to the Risen Christ.

Heavenly Father, I come before you on this day with much humility and on the brink of shame. You call me to be holy, and yet so often I am but an embarrassed servant who has once again gone astray. As I approach Good Friday and Easter morning I am reminded of the path that your Son, and my Savior, Jesus walked.

I am reminded of the pain, the suffering, the abandonment, and I am also reminded of the countless times that I make a mockery of that pain by the way in which I live my life. Wake me up Lord God. Wake me up to your nail-scarred feet. Wake me up to your miraculous resurrection. Wake me up to the peace of your forgiveness and grace.

Rescue me from myself. Rescue me from the things I run after that only draw me farther from your plan for my life. Lord convict me of my wrongful ways, and help me to stand firm in my convictions. Help me hold on to my convictions as if they are the very thing allowing breath to enter my lungs. Help me Lord on this path to your empty tomb, to become who you have always desired me to be. Help me be the father, the husband, the son, the brother, the servant that you have called me to be. Help me to throw away words like justify, and rationalize from my vocabulary and my life. I am born-again lazy, oh how I want to be spiritually fit for you Lord.

Thank you for your gift of life. Thank you for your gift of love. Thank you for your gift of laughter. Thank you for your gift of children. Thank you for your gift of your creation. Thank you for your gift of a Son willing to die in my place upon a rugged cross. Thank you that I serve a risen Christ. Thank you for your gift of the Holy Spirit alive in my life. Thank you for being a God that I can trust, a God whose better is always better. You are my God, and I am yours. Help me be holy, as you are holy!

Amen.

March 31, 2010 <> Michael Warneke

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