Gimme

 There are prayers and then there are prayers.  There is the “gimme” prayer, as in “God give me this or that.”  It is a lot of focus on my agenda, what I want. God is the fix it God, who does the heavy lifting so my agenda gets accomplished.  But what if I am being selfish, or asking what is not good for me?  Anyhow, this prayer with such an attitude is not very productive in our gimme favor.  So I like to think that a prayer, “What can I do for you, God?” Might get me out of my own way.