Inspired from a sermon based on James 4:2

Asking What You Need
by Michael Romani

It's all those things that attract us
All the ways that we put into practice
Showing our care in special ways
Living love faithfully in all of our days

There we are expecting and tasking
What we should humbly be asking
Getting this when we pray His will
Instead of tilting at those windmills

So much depends on capability
It's a small matter of responsibility
God knows what is truly best
Giving us accordingly and not to test

What are the right things to ask for?
That which we need and not much more
To help us handle the burdens and come
Not beating cadence on a beggar's drum

To find out what this is for each of us
Does not take all that much fuss
But to get a moment of thinking quietude
Spent in prayerful moments of solitude

Taking on the gentle yoke of guidance
All the wisdom and strength from Providence
Given like the sandpaper of sanctification
That acts to refine us into our destination

Toiling in the sweet labors of love
Taking our lead from our God above
Learning the things that we truly need
This is the nourishment on which we feed

Yoked up with Christ in a spiritual scramble
Like words of wisdom in a preacher's ramble
These then are the true ways of praise
That which we best live in our mortal days

Prayer being that special two way communication
Fitting us to prepare for our spiritual destination
Humbled in the words of humbled supplication
Offered up in a near ceaseless sense of dedication

(c) June 14, 2017 Michael Romani
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