NIGHT PRAYER: Sunday 11/29

I wait for you, Lord,
   as I've waited for so long

      and waited in so many ways…

I wait to find you, to know you,
   to believe in you...

I wait for you to show yourself,

   to show your face and let its light

      shine bright upon my own…

I wait for you to speak to me,

   to speak a word I understand:

      a word my heart can grasp,
      a word my heart can hold,
      a word my heart can keep,
      a word that brings me peace...

I wait for your truth to set me free, Lord:

   free from all that holds me fast

      in my confusion, fear and doubt…

 

I wait for you to hear my prayer
   - to hear my prayer and answer me...

I wait for your Spirit to move in me,
   to nudge me and  shake me awake,
to stir within and let me know 

    that you're with me and I'm with you...

I wait your word to tell me

   where to turn, what path to take,
      which choices I should make... 

I wait for you to calm my fears, 
   my anxious, lonely heart,

      my worried, troubled soul…

I wait for you to help me find 
   a little peace of mind, Lord
      - even just a little...

 

I wait to find you in my daily rounds:

   in the ordinary people, times and places

      where I least expect to find you 

          but really need to see you...

I wait to know your mercy:

   your pardon for my sins, 
   your cleansing of my soul,

   your quickening of my spirit...

 

Even when I'm not sure why I wait

or why I still wait, even then 

- I wait some more

for even in the waiting

I trust you're there, drawing near,

for it's only in the waiting, Lord,

I know that you will find me...

      

In the stillness of my Advent prayer

   I wait for you

and I believe and hope and trust 

    that in my waiting, Lord,

        you're waiting there for me...

 

Protect me, Lord, as I like awake

and watch over me as I sleep

that awake, I might keep watch with Christ

and asleep, rest in his peace...

 
Amen. 

 

Wait For The Lord - Taize

  

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