Lord,
I’m conscious that I need to learn
how to live my life
differently.
I need to surrender control,
accepting that each day
is a total surprise,
simply unpredictable.

Today could be a day
of freedom or frustration,
pleasure or painkillers,
happiness or hospitals,
beauty or bandages,
delights or disasters,
elation or exhaustion,
triumphs or tumours,
wow-moments or waiting.

Lord,
this morning I accept
whatever lies before me today.
I accept the unknowingness,
the unpredictability,
the lack of control.

Lord,
help me today
to embrace the uncertainty
of my existence,
safe in the knowledge that,
at all times,
I am in your loving hands
and that no matter what today may bring,
all will be well.

© Claire Murray, 14th November 2013