In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke. “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”
Isaiah 6:1-5

Dear God, I completely take you for granted. I am probably much too casual with you. What would happen if I really came face to face even with an angel, but less you? I think Isaiah’s retort in verse five is pretty appropriate: “Woe to me! I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”

Instead, I wake up in the morning, I read some scripture (among other things), and then I will often either do this prayer journal to you in the morning or in the evening. There is usually no sense of awe about it. I’m not often cognizant of the difference between you and me. I don’t revere you as you should rightly be revered. I just talk to you as a friend. A guide. A father. Is that actually how you want it? Is that why you did this thing with Jesus and the Holy Spirit the way you did? You want me to know that you are God and I am not, but you also want me to be able to crawl up in your lap and just talk with you.

Maybe verses seven and eight give me an insight because they are your exchange with Isaiah after his proclamation:

With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for. ” Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us? ” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

You gave him his redemption (which you have also given to me), and then you gave him a job to do.

Father, here am I. Send me!

In Jesus’s name I pray,

Amen