I wrote this prayer 8 years ago and from time to time
I've expanded it: here's the latest edition...
To sit in the dark
and hope that you're there:
this is prayer...
To dwell in the stillness,
and ponder your mystery:
this is prayer...
To inhale and exhale
your peace in my breath:
this is prayer...
To remember my past
with pain and with sadness:
this is prayer...
To worry and fret
over those whom I love:
this is prayer...
To feel in my heartbeat
the pulse of your presence:
this is prayer...
To weep without ceasing
in grief over loss:
this is prayer...
To search for the truth,
for solutions and answers:
this is prayer...
To hold in or cry out
my anger and sorrow:
this is prayer...
To wonder, to ask,
if you listen to me:
this is prayer...
To wait, all night long,
for a sign of your presence:
this is prayer...
To remember my sins
and still hope for mercy:
this is prayer...
To close my eyes to the world around
and open my heart to you within:
this is prayer...
To gaze on your Cross,
overcome by your love:
this is prayer...
To open my heart
to make room for you:
this is prayer...
To sit in the silence
and know you are near:
this is prayer...
To hide 'neath the covers
like a child in the night:
this is prayer...
To open my hands
and hope that you'll fill them:
this is prayer...
To mumble, humbly,
what my soul longs to speak:
this is prayer...
To speak not a word
and sit in the silence:
this is prayer...
To trust that silence
is a language you speak:
this is prayer...
To hear in the quiet
your whisper of grace:
this is prayer...
To open my lips
and say only, Jesus
this is prayer, Lord,
this is prayer...
Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake
and watch over me while I sleep
that awake, I might keep watch with you
and asleep, rest in your peace...
Amen.
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