NIGHT PRAYER: Tuesday 8/8

Silence in my prayer sometimes dismays me, Lord:

    I'm not sure that you're listening,

    you very seldom speak

    and so I wonder, "What's the point?"

Silence in my prayer sometimes disturbs me, Lord:
    it's only just the two of us,
    you and me - that's it.
    Intimidating?  Maybe just a little!

Silence in my prayer sometimes unsettles me:

    I feel so awkward, Lord.

    I'm not sure what to say

    or how to speak what's in my heart...

Silence in my prayer sometimes upsets me, Lord:

    I want to trust  you're there

    but I'm impatient with your silence

    and I need to hear your word...

Ah, but, then, Lord, comes your grace:

    the grace and peace of meeting you

    of knowing you are with me

    and of opening my silent heart

        to share what I've been holding in,

        to share myself with you...

        

How deep the silence in my soul,

    serenity and peace,

when in the quiet, Lord, I find you

    and find that you've found me;

when we find and meet each other

    in the stillness of my prayer

and our hearts commune in silence,

    the language love knows best...

 

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.

How Deep the Silence of the Soul  

    by Sylvia Dunstan and Carol Browing

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How deep the silence of the soul

that lives within your grace

How full the gratitude of heart

in your abiding place

What rich serenity is found

what courage and release

When wisdom teaches us to seek

the gentle path to peace

Like unseen chimes on moving air

like warm and morning sun

Like  gladdening, greening growing things

like trees with blooms begun

Such is your presence in our lives

you touch without a trace

Until we turn and find our ourselves

held fast in your embrace

Until we turn and find our ourselves

held fast in your embrace

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