Redeem Me With Purpose

Redeem Me With Purpose is an unedited prayer-poem I wrote in just five minutes. I hope this prayer-poem inspires you today.

Today’s post is based on the prompt for Five Minute Friday, written from 7:00 a.m. to 7:05 a.m., Friday, March 19, 2021. Today’s prompt is “Redeem,” and here is my prayer/poem.

Father God,

Redeem me with purpose

this day

buying me back

from the sin

that has enmeshed me.

When I’m free

from the shackles

of its grip

may I repent

to honor you

and humbly offer

my story

to help others

find hope

for their redemption.

I thank you

for buying me back

so many times

from enslavement

to overindulgence

codependency

criticism of others

criticism of myself

sin

after

sin

after

sin.

What a wonder

that you would redeem me

at all, then even more

amazing

you would refit me

for new purposes.

As I reflect on the ways

you have redeemed me before

give me hope

for the struggles

in which I remain.

I may be situated here

for a while

but not stuck

trapped

or hopeless.

I can choose to fix my eyes

on the bright future

you promise

if I persevere

for your glory.

For the situations

where you choose

to grow my character

while I wait for you

to redeem me from them

give me glimpses

of your purposes now

and your purposes to come.

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