The Radical Prayer

This prayer found me twenty years ago when I was in seminary. It's called, The Radical Prayer (Author Unknown):

Spirit, if this is right for me,
let it become more firmly rooted and established in my life.

If this is wrong for me,
let it become less important to me, and
let it be increasingly removed from my life.

I've prayed this prayer many times in my life. It works. It worked again for me this week as I prayed for Spirit to remove something I was resisting. Instead, the something I wanted removed became more and more possible. It was becoming a real possibility. It scared me...Was I ready for it? Was it "the right time"? I'm thinking, now, that it was. Only...I walked away from the possibility and I regret it. I feel like I let Spirit down. I feel like I missed an opportunity. I'm trying to learn from my "missed-take."

One learning came seconds ago when I mis-typed "Scared." It came out "Sacred." Perhaps, a radical, essential part in me, in each of us, is fear. To accept our fears, to allow ourselves to be scared, gives us opportunity to ALSO rely on the Sacred to guide us it. It's worked for me in the past. Guess I'll try again. How about you?