Pause for Prayer: SATURDAY 6/27

Yesterday, Lord, 
was a day of
unanticipated,
unexpected,
unforeseen,
unpredicted,
unplanned for
peace...

Didn't see it coming, Lord 
- you took me by surprise:
no clue, no cue, not an inkling,
no tip-off, no sign
not even so much as a knowing wink!

Just peace...
   a simple peace,
   a calming peace,
   a restful peace, 
   a deep peace,
   a peace from  - - -  

Wow!  I almost said, 
"a peace from out of nowhere"
but it didn't come from nowhere, Lord,
it came from somewhere
and I know such peace
could only come from you:
   a peace that lifts a spirit
     still burdened with uncertainty;
   a peace that fills with hope
      a heart in need of answers;
   a peace that calms the soul
     while problems still remain.
A simple peace,
   a calming peace,
   a restful peace, 
   a healing peace,
   a deep peace,
   a peace that only you might give...

Because I don't know, 
because I can't know, Lord,
just how long this peace will stay with me:
embed the gift of this moment
in my mind and in my memory,
in my heart and in my soul
as a blessing I can turn to and return to 
   when my spirit needs a lift,
   when my heart's in need of hope
   and my soul's in need of peace:
      the peace that only you can give... 

A simple peace, Lord,
   a calming peace,
   a restful peace, 
   a healing peace,
   a deep peace,
   a peace that only you might give...

Amen.

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