Praying for the End of a Bad Habit

Something happened today that embarrassed me. I judged someone perhaps too strongly. The person was wrong, in my opinion. But then, how much is my opinion worth? The main issue is that I did judge and I did comment. I wanted to set a record straight. Praying for the end of a bad habit is something I do often. Obviously, I’m not doing it quite right because I still have many of those habits.

I think the key is in the fact that I care about dropping some habits. Rather than pray that I can eliminate them entirely and rapidly, which does not happen, perhaps I should be praying for progress. Progress in changing our habits is uplifting and it builds our confidence. If I pray for progress in changing, at least I won’t be depressed or upset when I slip, which happens more often than I’d like.

So, instead of asking God to help me erase a habit, I’ll try asking him to help me change it, at his pace, not mine. Like everything else in this world, it is his call. At times, I forget that and I get impatient when things don’t work out immediately.

Thank you, Lord, for helping me to change my ways, no matter how slowly I do that.