<><><> The Average Man’s Prayer. <><><>
Lord, I speak not in scholarly language,
But somehow, I know You wont care;
For mine is a humble petition…
Mine is the average man’s prayer.
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My thoughts are, of course, not brilliant,
My wishes, You know them quite well.
There are many of me and my fellows,
So many, it’s needless to tell.
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You know that I am one of those pluggers,
I go out each day and I fight;
And sometimes I’m beaten, discouraged,
And I’m very weary at night.
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I bark at my wife, who is patient,
I bully my children, who cry.
I know I could be better natured,
But often, I don’t even try.
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But You know how rough things are running,
How business is all in a hole,
A man’s got to sweat for his living
And struggle with body and soul.
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Lord, help me face life with courage,
And bless everything that I do.
I’m dumb when it comes to this praying,
But I trust and rely on You.
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Watch over the days of my dear ones---
They’re all that I have to share…….
And I wish I could make this more lofty,
But it’s only the average man’s prayer.
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3 comments:
This always makes me feel better when I sit at church and people pray and they sound so...so...smart. I'm just an average Joe, can't talk too fancy...ya know?
Sometimes when I hear people pray lofty prayers I picture God standing behind them ready to tap them on the shoulder and say--secuse me, who are you talking to?
I think about that when I have to pray in front of others. Am I talking to God or am I just talking for others to hear and approve. If we do the latter--I do believe we have become our own god.
I agree with you. And I do the same thing-picturing myself before my God...I always see myself with my face in the mud...
I think that the people in my church sound so "smart" because they are much older in the Lord than myself...they definitly have a lot more knowledge of the word than myself.
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