I like simple prayers, ones that are quite easy to remember, yet still have a profound impact in all their simplicity. Recently, I heard one of those at a recovery meeting and ever since, I’ve been saying it on just about a daily basis, not just in the morning upon waking, but all throughout the day. Here’s that prayer:
“Higher Power, empty me of me, and fill me with You.”
Of course the words “Higher Power” can be replaced by anything one wishes to use. In my case, I’ve used “God” or “Jesus” or “Holy Spirit” or “Creator” just to name a few. Nevertheless, why this speaks so profoundly to me is that most of my life I was always filling myself with nothing but myself. In other words, I was full of myself and there was no room for anything else.
These days, I sincerely have but one desire and that’s to be emptied of every part of me that stands in the way of fully serving my Higher Power, whom I choose to refer to as God. And as I’m emptied, I long to be filled back up by only one thing and that’s whatever God wishes to put back within me. Because in all honesty, everything I always filled myself up with constantly got depleted and left me feeling empty all over again. But I truly believe that whatever God fills me with will be eternal.
So as I continue to use this prayer on a regular basis in my own life, it’s my hope that you might find connection to its words, as much I have…
Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson