A Teenager's Prayer

A TEENAGER'S PRAYER

by HELEN STEINER RICE



GOD, HERE I AM IN A "CHAOTIC STATE"
SEEKING SOME WAY TO DO "SOMETHING GREAT"...
I WANT TO BE SOMEONE WHO CONTRIBUTES TO MAKE A LESS VIOLENT WORLD FOR EVERYONE'S SAKE...BUT WHO CAN I GO TO AND WHO CAN I TRUST, WHO'LL SHOW ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOVE AND LUST? I'M WILLING TO LISTEN, I'M WILLING TO DO,WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE THIS WORLD "NEW"...BUT IN THE CONFUSION AND THE NOISE ALL AROUND
WHERE CAN THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION BE FOUND? DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN, HEAR A TEENAGERS PLEA-SHOW ME SOMEWHERE WHAT YOU WANT ME TO BE!





I WILL GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD
ACCORDING TO HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS,
AND WILL SING PRAISE TO THE
NAME OF THE LORD MOST HIGH.



PSALM 7:17
NAS



MY HEART IS STEADFAST, O GOD,
MY HEART IS STEADFAST;
I WILL SING AND MAKE MUSIC.



PSALM 57:7
NIV



SING A NEW SONG TO THE LORD!
SING IT EVERYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD!



PSALM 96:1
TLB



BUT I WILL SING OF YOUR MIGHT;
I WILL SING ALOUD OF YOUR
STEADFAST LOVE IN THE MORNING.
FOR YOU HAVE BEEN A FORTRESS FOR ME
AND A REFUGE IN THE DAY OF MY DISTRESS.



PSALM 59:16
NRSV