May all your expectations be frustrated
May all your plans be thwarted
May all your desires be withered into nothingness
that you may experience the powerlessness
and poverty of a child
and sing and dance
in the love of God
who IS
the Father
Son
and Spirit
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This is my favorite blessing if not one of my favorite prayers of all time. It is often attributed to Brennan Manning, my favorite author of all time, but it is was actually a blessing one of Brennan's spiritual director's prayed over him.
Today, I am praying this prayer over even myself... my life my ministry my marriage my preparations for fatherhood my... my... my...
