Make or Break Me, Lord

Make or Break Me, Lord, is a powerful prayer for spiritual growth. I’m praying this today, and you can pray this Scripture-based prayer with me.

Today’s post is the fourth one in the #write28days challenge, in which I’m participating during the month of February 2021. The prompt for today is “Make,” and here is my prayer/poem.

Make or Break Me, Lord

Father God,

You have the power

to make or break me.

I stand in awe of your creative ability.

As I look over past valleys

I see where you were breaking me down

like muscle fibers break

when pushed to their limits.

But in those valleys

you were also making me stronger

as the muscle fibers of my soul

were knit back together

with stronger threads.

As I look over past peaks

I see where you were making me

more like your Son:

cultivating the fruits of the Spirit

in me as a harvest

for the benefit of many

who see your glory

reflected in me.

Today I ask again:

make

or

break

me

Lord.

Make me more like your Son

shining your light of love and peace

in this darkening world.

Break me where I need refining

sanding

shaping

polishing

and make me whole again.

Shape me like a clay pot,

breaking me down in muddy warmth

with your firm yet gentle hands

smoothing the lines up and up

as you build the height

set the shoulders

finish the lip

glazing and firing me

as I become a beautiful vessel

set apart for your glory.

Want to know more about how God uses refining fires to shape us? You can read this related post HERE and another post HERE.

Make or Break Me, Lord

Make or Break Me, Lord may be linked up at these linkups. Also, you can read all the other Write 28 Days posts in my series HERE.

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