A Prayer to Prepare My Heart for Christ’s Coming
Father, just as You sent John the Baptist to prepare the way for
Jesus, help me to clear the path in my heart, too. Show me the
distractions in my life that block me from all-out worship of You this
Advent. Lord, I await Your coming! As I celebrate the first Advent––
the first coming––I look toward the day where I will see You face to
face. I imagine what it will be like. Give me a heart, Lord, that looks
for Your coming on a daily basis. Help me to live my life where I'm
constantly seeking Your presence. My offering to You today is my
righteous life for I know I am only clean because of Jesus. Show
me today how I need to be refined, purified, forgiven. Give me the
strength to ask for forgiveness and to then change my ways.
~Sarah Martin, from “The Awe and Wonder of Advent: Day 18”
