Pause for Prayer: TUESDAY 9/6

    Photo by Tim Gray

 

When my friend posted this photo on Facebook

I knew at first glance: there's a prayer here!

 

See that lonely kayak, Lord?

(Of course you do - I know you do!)

 

So, you also know that sometimes

that's my kayak,

    waiting at the lakeshore,

    anchored by the sand, 

    basking in a sky blue world,

    above and all around...

My kayak, Lord, pondering the joy

    of slipping from the beach,

    slicing through the surface tension

    easily, peacefully, gliding almost silently,

    in and through the glory of this day...

 

But in your wisdom, Lord, you know

that you're my kayak, waiting there 

    where I've been tethered,

    stranded in the shadows,

    stumbling through the brush

while steps away you wait for me

    to glide through these smooth waters

    to the peace and calm serenity

    you offer me today…

Draw me down to water's edge,

    to the kayak of your presence;

let me paddle out from shore

    on the waters of your grace

'til my heart is free of worry

    and my soul lets go its fear…

Amen

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