[This is a prayer I wrote about 3 months ago that I just found. I thought I would share, because I feel that God was speaking through me.]
"As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more." Psalm 102:13-16
God, help me remember that my days are fleeting; that my lifetime is but a breath. There's no point in pursuing money, success, all that worldly stuff. What IS worth it? You are. It's so hard to wrap my mind around my life and my death. I used to have only one wish: to be remembered after I die. I never realized how selfish that wish was.
God, when I die, I want people to remember you. And if they do remember me, let it be me as a woman of you, first and foremost, nothing more. There is nothing in me, in my flesh, that is worth remembering; only what you have made me. Make me someone who shines for you even after I'm gone. Or if that's too much to ask, make me someone who shines for you while I'm here. As long as you help me glorify you at some point in my life or death, I'm good. That's all I'm here for anyway.
"O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather! And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you." Psalm 39:4-7
