Have Mercy!

Alright, so that title has a dual meaning.

First off, I apologize with great fullsomeness of heart (brownie points for recognizing that quote) for the great delay between posts. Life has become hectic and I have not made this as great a priority as I should. I shall resume regular posts on the third day of the month of May anno domine two-thousand-and-thirteen.
The second meaning comes from a great devotional I heard from a friend about how the true Christian interacts with God. Our prayers today so often are "Lord, I want ___, I want ___, oh, yeah, help me to influence people for You. Amen."

What? How do we act this way? What possessed us to think that God is this genie who has nothing better to do than give us our petty desires and "needs" like a good grade on a test, a good day, or that job that I really wanted. Psalms 51:1-3 says


1) Have mercy upon me, O God,
According to Your lovingkindness;
According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,
Blot out my transgressions.
2) Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin.
3) For I acknowledge my transgressions,
And my sin is always before me

Many of our prayers and interactions with God should be a heart-felt asking for forgiveness since we have messed up, hence not serving Him as well as we could have. Instead of asking Him for our petty comforts, maybe we should ask Him to better let us serve Him. That should be our focus, not “I want… I want… I want…”



Oh, and a side note having nothing to do with mercy… I start working as an intern at Hewlett-Packard today. Wahoo!