NIGHT PRAYER: Wednesday 3/9

Not all that long ago, Lord,

when my life was much busier,

time seemed as the air: 

    that amorphous substance I take for granted, 

    yet upon which my entire being, 

    all my life,

    depends...

 

And many were the times then,Lord,

when  I had to stop 

- and catch my breath...

 

Gratefully, 

I find my pace these days much slower

and time now seems as water:

    a tangible fluid, a flowing river 

    enveloping, carrying, caressing, 

    my every word, desire and deed...

 

And I know, I feel, I'm being swept along

to that ocean of your being

- where all is one and time will be no more...

But for now

(and a long time yet, I pray)

I delight in such intimacy:

    time's embrace, its claim, its kiss, 

    its breath, its warmth, its grip

for in time it's you I meet, Lord:

you on whom my entire being, 

all my life,

depends...

  

I thank you, Lord, for time, 

for the precious gift of time:

    time I've spent,

    the time I have

    and time that's yet to come

all time with you who promise me

    a life beyond all time...

Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake

and watch over me as I sleep

that awake, I might keep watch with you

and asleep rest in your peace...

Amen. 

 

In His Time by Linda Ball

  

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