NIGHT PRAYER: Tuesday 9/26

Tonight's prayer has several parts: 

    (1) I listen to the Lord speak in the scriptures  

    (2) I respond to the word I've heard

    (3) The Lord answers my prayer!

    (4) I speak to the Lord once again..

 

Lord, you keep track of all my sorrows,

   you collect my tears in a jar, 

      you record each one in your book...  (Psalm 56:8)

 

If you're collecting all my tears, Lord,

then by now you must have gallon jugs 

filled with the dew of the sadness and joy 

I've wept over all these years...

 

For a long time, it seemed, 

my tears only flowed 

in sadness and in sorrow,

washing my bruised and wounded heart,

a drop at a time or a steady stream...

But the older I get the quicker tears come

at the least little joy:

    some beautiful sight,

    a memory recalled,

    a word I've read,

    a song I've heard

letting stream from within 

the waters that flow 

from my story of who I am...

 

You record my tears in a book, Lord?

I imagine, then, sacral, lachrymal pages,

tear-stained, watermarked, carefully kept

by you who number

my days, my sorrows, my joys...

And the Lord responds...

I know your joys and your sorrows:

    both your tears of laughter 

    and your tears of grief...

 

And because they're all so precious to me

I store all your tears in a jar:

    droplets of grace, salty memories 

    of every time you turned to me, 

    leaned on me and cried to me

        in sorrow and in joy... 

And I pray...

In good times and bad you're with me, Lord,

as you tenderly, gently, dry the tears

that moisten my face and roll down my cheeks

in streams of love from the springs of my heart...

Receive my tears as prayers, O Lord:

    some, a cry from my broken heart;

    some, a plea for your healing touch;

    and others, a psalm of grateful praise

        for your comfort, peace and compassion...

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.

 

You Have Collected All My Tears  by Dan opdeVeigh

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You catch and collect every drop on my cheek

You know all my sorrow, you feel all my grief

You stand with me through the fire and fear

You redeem every tear

You redeem every tear

You clean every stain, you forgive all my sis

You raise me to life now my heart beats again

My hope will rise as your glory appears

You redeem every tear

You redeem every tear

So all things shall be well

All things shall be well

Take heart, child of God,

All things shall be well

You count every hair and you number my days

You search me, you know me, you call me by name

You weep with me as you always draw near

You redeem every tear

You redeem every tear

You promise to stay ever close by my side

And work for my good through the pain of the night

Heaven will come to the earth you hold dear

All your beauty made clear

When you wipe away all my tears

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