Our Faults

A Prayer for Facing Our Faults

I have been hiding from my faults, God. I've been blaming others for my own mistakes. Help me. God, to search my soul. Teach me to be honest with myself. Give me the courage to accept responsibility for my actions. Grant me the humility to ask for forgiveness from those I have injured.

Fill me with the desire to change, God. Remind me that I have the power to remake my life. You have filled me with enormous potential, God; teach me how to realize all the gifts of my soul.

Be my guide, God; lead me to goodness, to joy, to learning, and to peace. Amen

from: Talking to God by Naomi Levy

When I was in Chicago this is the prayer I found in a small book in the Chicago Library (see post from August 1 2009).