Hear Me Quickly Lord, part 2

Pray with me using these words from Ted Loder.........

Hear me quickly, Lord,.....

Words will not do, Lord....

Listen to my breathing,
     for I gulp after something like holiness.
Listen to my clenched teeth,
     for I gnaw at my grudges
       and forgive myself as reluctantly
            as I forgive others.
Listen to my growling gut,
     for I hunger for bread and intimacy
Listen to my curses,
     for I am angry at the way the world
       comes down on me sometimes,
            and I sometimes on it.
Listen to my cracking knuckles,
     for I hold over tightly to myself
       and anxiously squeeze myself into other's expectations,
            and them into mine,
       and then shake my fists at you
            for disappointing me.
Listen to my sex,
     for I seek fulfillment
       through the man-woman differences
            and beyond the differences,
               a new, common humanity...........

More tomorrow

Ted Loder, Guerillas of Grace: Prayers for the Battle, Hear Me Quickly Lord, p24.