Pause for Prayer: TUESDAY 4/13

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Lord, I know you never change:

you are ever the same,

yesterday, today and tomorrow:

   your love is everlasting,

   your Word eternal,

   your Spirit all knowing,

   your wisdom perfect,

   your grace all-powerful

   your mercy infinite...

And yet you, 

   Creator of heaven and earth

   Maker of all things visible and invisible,

you, Lord, you choose

to care for me, love me,

befriend me, walk with me, 

speak to me, lead me, guide me, 

inspire me, call me, wait for me,

serve me, strengthen me, defend me, 

suffer for me, lay down your life for me,

heal me, mend me, forgive me

and promise me the gift of life, forever with you,

in peace and joy that have no end...

 

Indeed, you never change, Lord:

you're ever the same,

yesterday, today and tomorrow:

 

And me, Lord? Me?

Oh, I change a lot. 

I change all the time

and I don't always change for the better!

Or maybe it's more like...

I don't change much at all, Lord,

and there are plenty of changes 

I know I need to make!

At first glance, Lord,

you and I might seem an odd match

- but not at all!

 

Your abiding, enduring

immutable, faithful love 

is exactly what my fickle, erratic, 

sometimes capricious and often mecurial 

self and spirit need

- and without which I'd be lost...

So, here's my prayer, Lord...

Make your changeless love

the still point

in my ever changing world,

ever drawing me to you,

into your everlasting peace,

inspiring me to change 

all that tempts me, all that keeps me

from your never-changing love...

Amen.

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