From my book Prayerfully Yours, a prayer for those times when we are faced with difficult decisions, and are reluctant to pursue the way we believe to be right.
Lord Jesus Christ,
faced with difficult decisions
so often I tell myself I have no choice,
that life has pushed me into a corner,
leaving me no alternative as to how to act.
But in my heart I know that this isn’t so.
It may be hard, painful or costly,
but finally there is always a right way
if I am prepared to look for it.
Forgive me for all the excuses I make.
Forgive me for the ways I wriggle and squirm
rather than face up to my responsibilities.
Forgive me for all the times I have taken the soft option
rather than the one I know to be right.
Teach me, next time I have to make a choice,
to seek your will,
to listen to your voice
and to respond in faith,
to the glory of your name.
Amen.