Praying for an easy life.

Have you ever found yourself praying for an easy life? Rather like Jesus said in the Garden of Gethsemane – take this cup from me. Yet Jesus almost immediately repudiated this by adding, not my will but thy will be done.
 
It can feel like the hardest thing, surrendering into God’s will, as so often we think that God’s will for us will be different from our own. Yet the divine in us, our Tue Self, is already in alignment with Divine will – that inner desire, nudge, or knowing, is Spirit seeking to express through us. Thus, when we pray for an easy life, we are getting in the way of Spirit flowing through us. We are potentially blocking our good.
 
Of course, our egocentric minds believe they know best. They definitely shout the loudest! Further, no one wants to experience a hard life full of struggle and pain. Yet that is not God’s will, or desire for us. Instead, it is that we fulfil our potential, to live creative and loving lives, just as you, I am sure, also want for you. And truthfully, we do that by facing the hard times with God at our core, becoming stronger, clearer, confident and alive with Spirit.
 
So how about, instead of praying for an easy life, we pray to stay open to God’s will; affirm strength and guidance; that we listen for and be receptive to Spirit-nudges, that may take us out of our comfort zone, but are only here for our good.
 
My prayer for all of us is that we know God more fully, let God be the light within which guides and strengthens us, the love that connects us and the life that energises us, so we can be the blessing in the world we came here to be.
 
"My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not what I want but what you want." Mt. 26:39
 
Rev Kimerie Mapletoft
Director of Silent Unity and Daily Word UK