Katie's prayer: Jars of Clay's "Worlds Apart"

And I pray

Take my world apart

Tonight I’m reminded of part of a talk I heard once by Mark Hart. He challenged us to pray the most dangerous prayer you could ever pray. I think it went something like “God, I pray that you would ruin my life. I give you permission to ruin my life. Take it, break it, so that all that is left of me is You.” It’s a dangerous prayer, one that I’ve been scared to pray at multiple times in my life. Cause I’m so afraid of what might happen. Which, thinking about it is the stupidest thing I’ve really ever said. I’m afraid of what God’s going to do in my life? Really Katie? I don’t know why that’s so scary. Especially after listening to this song multiple times. They make it sound so easy to say, “God, take my world apart.” God I pray for the courage to actually pray that prayer.