A prayer for my parents
God, I’m tired. The last few weeks I can’t help but think how selfish I am. Having this thought continually on my mind makes me tired.
Please take it away. Or help me become less selfish.
You can see how selfish I am! Even my prayers to you – like now – I pray for myself.
I can not remember the last time (if ever) I prayed for somebody else.
Now?
Now you say? I could start now?
This is a good idea. There is no better time to start then now.
Well firstly I would like to pray for my father. Please help my father to be less selfish. Help him to see his selfishness. During these school summer holidays, he has been arranging daily activities for some of the orphans at the orphanage he volunteers at.
He brings them around to our house and they are so noisy and disruptive. To make things worse, my father always comes and asks if I would like to help teach them woodworking, Chinese, classical guitar or some other activity that he has forced me to learn from an early age.
I find it most upsetting if I’m watching a movie. This happens most days because I usually watch 1 or 2 movies per day. His selfishness is making it difficult for me to meet my daily needs.
Please help my father to see his selfishness so he may deal with it effectively.
I’d also like to pray for my mother (praying for others is much easier than I thought it would be).
My mother! She’s also selfish. She is always trying to get me to learn all these life skills. Like my life really depends on them. She says she’s worried that I won’t have the necessary skills to look after my future wife. When in truth, I know she just wants me to do more house work or something so that she doesn’t have to do it herself.
She also makes me pay board to live under my own parents roof! She is my mother isn’t she? Aren’t parents supposeed to look after their kids? I think 32 is a good age to start paying board or move out. Don’t you think my request reaonsonable God?
Please talk to my mother about this.
Well thanks for inspiring me and teaching me to pray for others.
I feel much better already and much less selfish now.
Till next time,
~ Nathaniel