An Adaption of Psalm 151

Prayer of Powerlessness
For the Twelve Steps

 Almighty and Most Powerful God,
Why am I cursed with this addiction?
Your children starve in foreign lands
while my compulsion drives me
to want more and more.

All the day I long for my comfort.*
My thoughts are like a mountain stream
running wildly here and there,
quick and churning. What shall I do?

My cravings pull me under like a leaf in a whirlpool.
All my days are dismal and dark.
I cry for release from this torment.
I am weak. I have no resolve.
Like soft clay at the river's edge,
my resistance crumbles and I am engulfed again.
Selah

Lord, you are Mighty indeed.
In Your Presence I am like a leaf,
trembling on the winter branch.
I am a weak and trembling thing.
Feeble attempts to control my life
fail me time after time.

Remove my compulsion, O Lord.
Calm my cravings like a quiet pond.
Like a leaf floating on the forest pool,
let my thoughts drift to you.

You are my Rock and my Refuge, O Lord.
Your Strength is made perfect in my weakness.
Remove this curse, Almighty God,
and I will sing your praises throughout the land.
I will sing and give thanks in the temple.
And I will tell of your Might in countless gatherings.
Amen.

To My Home Page Write me at: soskim@aol.com