A Prayer For Trusting

Having trust in others has always been a hard thing for me to do. Initially, that stemmed from the abandonment issues I had with my parents, the fact that I was molested at such a young age, and many people throughout the years I drew in close to me who I allowed to use me in some way. While I’ve worked through all those past issues extensively, lately I’ve been seeing I still have some trust issues left to work through, most specifically with my partner and with my Higher Power (whom I refer to as God).

With my partner, my trust has been shaken ever since his infidelity last October.

With God, my trust has been shaken for the past few years given all the health issues I’ve been enduring.

Each of these trust issues undermine my ability to become healthier in both my relationship with my partner and also with God. For this reason, I decided to write a prayer today to help myself move beyond this.

“Dear God, I am tired of struggling with trust issues throughout my life. I know they hold me back on some level from healing, growing, and becoming the spiritual person I want to become. If there is any part of me God that has not forgiven anyone or anything, including You, for any area where I thought that my trust was broken, I send love, forgiveness, and peace out to every one of them now. Help me God to trust again in my partner, in You, in my health and healing, and all those You may put into my life for any reason that are part of my spiritual growth. I want to be fully trusting with each of them, especially with myself and the health and healing taking place within me. Please restore that fully God so that I may become a being filled with a much greater capacity for love and light. Amen.”

Peace, love, light, and joy,

Andrew Arthur Dawson

A Prayer For Peace

The Earth sure does have a lot of turmoil going on around it currently, doesn’t it? Every day the latest news headlines show that something else tragic has happened somewhere on our planet. From wars, to murders, to climatic disasters, to political cover-up’s, to drug overdoses, the list is exhausting and it only seems to be getting worse. But each of us can do our part to helping this planet remove all of that and be filled with a lot more peace by praying for it daily. This means to not only pray on it for the rest of the planet, but within ourselves as well. For this reason, I have included a prayer, similar to the one that I do regularly, to help promote more peace on Earth.

“Dear God, I pray that you guide me to becoming more peaceful in every area of my life. May I be peaceful in all situations, no matter how difficult they may seem. May I be peaceful whenever I am in the face of any confrontation. And may I be peaceful with every one of my thoughts, words, and actions. Help me God to become that beacon of peace so that I may guide others to doing the same. I also pray for peace on Earth, may only love and light transcend upon each and every one of us. Amen.”

Peace, love, light, and joy,

Andrew Arthur Dawson

A Prayer For Loving Yourself Unconditionally

Yesterday’s entry was a mantra that was geared towards helping a person develop a much greater love for themselves. If you had trouble saying it, or if you didn’t even try doing it at all, then know you’re not alone. It took me a long time to get into the practice of saying that mantra because I once had so much dislike for myself. To get there, one of the things I had to do was pray to God about it. For this reason, I have included a prayer today that can help guide you to being able to say that mantra and getting on the path to a much greater self-love.

“Dear God, I want to love myself unconditionally but I don’t know how to. There are parts of my life that I really don’t like and I’m not sure how to get beyond those things. Will you please help me to heal all those parts of me that keep me from having a much greater love for myself? I’m truly tired of beating myself up and avoiding looking at myself in the mirror. I ask that You help me become open to doing whatever I need to do so that I may one day love myself unconditionally like I know You do of me. Thank You God for hearing my prayer today. Amen.”

Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson