an unexpected prayer

Sometimes you can miss how beautiful something is, like a picture or a song (even people! watch out for that!). Just now Switchfoot's song "Let That Be Enough" played on my iTunes and the gorgeousness of it as a prayer hit me.

Wish I had what I needed to be on my own
Cuz I feel so defeated and I'm feeling alone
And it all feels so helpless and I have no plans
I'm a plane in the sunset with nowhere to land

And all I see, it could never make me happy
And all my sandcastles spend their time collapsing

Let me know that you hear me
Let me know your touch
Let me know that you love me
And let that be enough

It's my birthday tomorrow, no one here could know
I was born this Thursday, 22 years ago

And I feel stuck watching history repeating
Or am I just a kid who knows he's needy

Let me know that you hear me
Let me know your touch
Let me know that you love me
And let that be enough
Let me know that you hear me
Let me know your touch
Let me know that you love me
And let that be enough

It's amazing to me how applicable to my life this song is. I don't know where I'm going and that scares me. I definitely have moments where I feel like "a plane in the sunset with nowhere to land." If you believe it, the week of June 8th of this year, I will honestly be able to say "I was born this Thursday, 22 years ago".

So I will adopt this prayer for my own- Let me know that you love me; let that be enough.

Amen.