"Have mercy upon me, Oh God, according to Thy lovingkindness:

according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions." (Ps. 51:1, KJV)

Oh Lord, God, Yahweh, Abba,

I am, but dust, and to dust I shall return.

That is my story. It is all I bring to Thy mercy seat.

I am a shell of what I could have been and was made to be … an empty shell.

And yet, You see more. You call forth more. You enable, empower, and expect more.

You fill this empty shell with spirit-life and I live and Christ lives in me.

Teach me, Oh God, to humble myself that I might rise and live and raise up others in Your name.

In Jesus' Name, I pray,

Amen