Prayer for the day

Note: This post is more for me than for you. Feel free not to read it. I won't be offended.

Is it wrong to title a post "prayer for the day" when it's Sunday and I'm skipping church? I have a headache but what else is new? I should be on my way to church in 10 minutes. But I am staying home. Nevertheless, I will trust that God will hear my prayer.

I have a list of things to do over the next few days, and my pragmatic prayer is that I would actually do them rather than sit around doing worthless and/or self-destructive things. I pray that I would choose life this day rather than a shadow of life. I pray for God's peace and pacing. I pray for God to hold me up so I do not fall into self-pity or talk myself into believing it is all futile. I pray for the Holy Spirit to breathe energy and hope and joy into my day so that I can go to sleep tonight and not wake up with a headache because I've been grinding my teeth. I pray that Jesus would walk with me and help me to put one foot in front of the other as I seek out the path of life and God's will.

So, back to the pragmatic...On my list:

• Laundry (already on load #2!)
• Study for the GRE (I decided this weekend I'd take it just in case -- picked up a study aid and realized yesterday how much fun it is to study for a test again!)
• Attend church meeting this afternoon regarding possibility of planting a church campus in the city
• Email directors of a couple of graduate programs I'm interested in to get their input on some specific questions I have
• Pick up dry cleaning
• Go grocery shopping
• Outline objectives and broad strategy for research project I wish to undertake at work
• Email former grad school professor to see if he'd be willing to talk to me about above project
• Clean bathroom and vacuum

If you're still reading, don't say I didn't warn you. That's it. That's the end of the post.