NIGHT PRAYER: Wednesday 9/6

It's not that I never see myself in a mirror, Lord:

    I see myself every day 

        when I wash my face and shave,

        when I take my pills and brush my teeth

        or check the mass schedule taped on the glass...

But all this is routine, a daily exercise,

    I'm ready, I'm prepared,

        to face these mirrored selfies...

So, while washing my hands

    in the restroom at Starbucks

 I was surprised

    to be taken by surprise

when I happened to look up

    - and there I was!

 

It was as if I didn't expect to see myself

    - I seemed to show up out of nowhere -

and then I thought, if only for a moment,

    "So, that's - me... That's who others see..."

 

And sure enough, I'm pleased to say

    - I did recognize myself!

 

But I also got a glance,

    an unpredicted, unexpected, candid glance

    of who I really am, 

        the man that others see,

        the man that you know, inside out

        - the truth of who I am...

In prayer tonight I want to peer again

    into the mirror of my soul

to see myself as others do

    and most of all to see myself 

        as you see me;

to see the truth of who I am

    and all the ways I hide that truth,

hide my truth from others 

    and from you, Lord

    - and myself...

The truth is, Lord, I'm loved by you

    and loved by friends and family

and loved in ways I've yet to know,

    acknowledge and accept...

 

Though I fail to love myself,

    I'm loved by you, Lord and by others

even when I can't or won't or simply fail 

    to love who you created me to be,

    the person you have cared for

    from all eternity...

Grant the grace I need, Lord,

    to see myself as I am,

    to see myself as yours, your beloved,

and know that I am carefully made

    in your image and your likeness...

And where I have marred or broken

    your image in my soul,

come with healing and with pardon

    to mend what I have wounded

        and restore me to your love...

Truth be told, Lord:

    I'm good, because you love me;

    I'm whole, because you heal me;

    I'm forgiven, in your mercy,

    I am yours and you are mine...

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.

 

I love the honesty of the lyrics in this song!

 

Truth Be Told by Matthew West

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Lie number 1

    you’re supposed to have it all together 

And when they ask how you’re doing

     just smile and tell them “never better” 

 

Lie number 2 

    everybody’s life is perfect except yours 

So keep your messes and your wounds and your secrets safe with you 

    behind closed doors 

 

But truth be told 

The truth is rarely told

I say I’m fine, yeah I’m fine, oh I’m fine, hey I’m fine 

    but I’m not - I’m broken 

And when it’s out of control I say it’s under control 

    but it’s not - and you know it

I don’t know why it’s so hard to admit it 

When being honest is the only way to fix it 

There’s no failure, no fall 

There’s no sin you don’t already know 

So let the truth be told 

 

There’s a sign on the door, says “come as you are” 

    but I doubt it

'Cause if we lived like that was true 

    every Sunday morning pew would be crowded 

But didn’t you say church should look more like a hospital 

A safe place for the sick, the sinner and the scarred 

    and the prodigal, like me

 

But truth be told 

The truth is rarely told 

Oh, am I the only one who says

I’m fine, yeah I’m fine oh I’m fine, hey I’m fine 

    but I’m not -  I’m broken 

And when it’s out of control I say it’s under control 

    but it’s not - and you know it 

I don’t know why it’s so hard to admit it 

When being honest is the only way to fix it 

There’s no failure, no fall 

There’s no sin you don’t already know 

So let the truth be told

 

Can I really stand here unashamed 

Knowing that your love for me won’t change 

Oh God - if that’s really true 

Then let the truth be told  

 

I say I’m fine, yeah I’m fine, oh I’m fine, hey I’m fine 

    but I’m not - I’m broken 

And when it’s out of control I say it’s under control 

    but it’s not - and you know it

I don’t know why it’s so hard to admit it 

When being honest is the only way to fix it 

There’s no failure, no fall 

There’s no sin you don’t already know 

Yeah, I know

There’s no failure, no fall 

There’s no sin you don’t already know

So let the truth be told

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