Prayer of Surrender

Third Step Prayer

God, I offer myself to Thee — to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better doThy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of life. May I do Thy
will always!

Personal Comment: What can I offer to you today my God? Here I am, I offer you my whole being, my mind, my soul and all that I am. You are God and I am only a human being created and fashioned by You in my mother's sanctuary of love. In my humanness you share with me your Godliness by the gift of breath that you bestowed and makes me alive today. Here I am my God, use me as Thou wilt, for I am only a vessel, an instrument of your Hands and Feet. Sometimes my selfish nature overwhelms me, so I humbly ask you to relieve me of the weight of my selfishness. My desire and joy today is to please you like a wife wanting to please her husband. In my going out of self with your grace I am willing to live this life in radiating only your love and your kindness to others. My only concern is to focus only on doing your will today and always. Amen

A SONG FOR MARL - By Bobby Sagra

I sing this song for you my love
a song which is a deep echo
from the sacred mountain
where the gods sang for ages
this melody of love eternal
which is bequethed to all times
and fitting for all seasons
a gentle soothing song for all
a love song of never ending joy!
Each day a white cloud appears
over Mt. Shasta of California
I paused as I walked by and asked
a mountain sage why this is so.
I am told once in ages past
there was a beautiful lady
most lovely of all ladies here
who fell in love with man
who lives up in Mt. Shasta.
Her parents were against
her going forth to the mountain
to meet with her beloved.
But against their will
because of her great love
for the man of her whole life
for the man of her soul
she went forth one snowy morning
she walked through in the cold
she obeyed only love's stirrings
just to see her beloved one
up hidden over the lovely peak
of Mt. Shasta of California.
Unskilled in snow cruising
she vanished and never was found
like a wisp of cloud she was gone
like a snowflake she settled upon
and disappeared like a dream
among the trees and holy soil
of Mt. Shasta of California.
Few days later down the slope
of the beautiful lovely mountain
of Mt. Shasta of California,
a lake was formed in all wonder
and the people of the town
in lasting memory of the love
born and lived forever in the heart
of their dearly beloved daughter
named the lake, "Shastina"
after her name and pure love.
Until now whenever they see
the hovering soft white cloud
over Mt. Shasta of California
they whisper, "there she is again!"
visiting her beloved one
and vanishing for her repose
in a peaceful lake down below
most lovingly named after her.
What an awesome and intense love!
It's still a song in the wind's echoing,
an eternal everlasting song
the love of the most beautiful Shastina
for the man of all her heart's desire
up in Mt. Shasta of California.
As I come over here my sweet love,
I feel your love in the song
sang over and over again
my poets and singers old and new
A song of love you sing in your heart
for me your most beloved one,
my Marl, my darling, my hun!
May 01, 2008 in Poetry Permalink Comments (0)