A Concord Pastor Comments: Pause for Prayer: TUESDAY 5/31

Photo by Mark Penta

Help me a find a place to meet you, Lord:

a shady place, a grove of grace,

where you and I might meet

and sit together in the silence, in the shade,

away from all the noise that fills my soul...

Help me find a summer refuge at the shore
or in the fields - or up atop some mountain:
a grotto of your presence, Lord, a haven
where I'll find with you the peace
my heart desires...

This summer, Lord,

help me find a place to meet you

down the road or out of town

or even right at home:

a place where you and I might meet

and sit together in the silence,

in the shade, in the prayer

that makes us one...

Amen.

• You needn't travel far to find a summer place to meet the Lord and spend some time with him in prayer: your back yard or local park will do, your porch, your deck or just your favorite chair, close by an open window... Wherever you are, he's with you; wherever you travel, he's by your side; wherever you go, he'll be there to meet you, whenever you arrive...

• I doubt that Leonard Bernstein envisioned this piece from West Side Story as an invitation to prayer, but I think it serves our purposes here rather nicely...

Somewhere by Leonard Bernstein

arranged by Robert Edgerton

performed by the Mansfield University Concert Choir

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There's a place for us
Somewhere a place for us
Peace and quiet and open air
Wait for us somewhere

There's a time for us
Someday a time for us
Time together with time to spare
Time to learn
Time to care

Someday
Somewhere
We'll find a new way of living
We'll find there's a way of forgiving
Somewhere... Some day...