A Prayer for mid-April

The issue isn’t time, it’s alignment.

Present, Attentive God,

Teach me about time as You know it—full and enough.

You’ve given me much, and I’ve prayed long for this harvest,

but now that it’s arrived, each day seems shy a few vital hours.

Tasks remain incomplete. My sleep is restless, my shoulders heavy.

I’ve outdone myself trying to minimize my limitations, trying to

optimize them with longer breath cycles and better calculations.

I wake up planning and call it prayer, but You know the truth.

So do I.

The issue isn’t time, it’s alignment. You’re stretching me,

shaping and refining me—just as I’ve asked, just as You promised.

There is benefit in discomfort and discovering how much is enough.

You’re prompting me to let go, and if I’ve hesitated, forgive me.

You reveal understanding in the ordinary of work and daily rhythms,

so I revisit stretching with spiritual eyes and see this:

Tension is not released simply by reaching—

tension must be recognized first, then willingly released.

Lord, the older I get, the easier it is to hold on.

Give me the peace to abandon the familiar,

and the strength to be refined for all that You desire.

In all things, help me trust You more.

Amen.