I've posted several variations on this prayer, always near the end of January when Lent is on the horizon: Ash Wednesday is less than three weeks away! Here's my most recent rendering...
It's here again, Lord: this season gray
and charcoaled on the landscape of my heart,
etched in the ice of long dark winter nights...
Every year there comes this time
'twixt the holly and the palm:
my wintry wait for ashes
and Lent's deep purple shades;
this time between what's now long gone
and all that's yet to be...
All of life comes in-between, Lord:
in-between the times gone by
and all that lies ahead;
in-between the old and new,
'twixt hope and disappointment,
in-between anticipation
All of life comes in-between, Lord:
in-between the times gone by
and all that lies ahead;
in-between the old and new,
'twixt hope and disappointment,
in-between anticipation
and the peace of sweet fulfillment...
I live between my ups and downs,
'tween tear-stained cheeks and smiles;
between all my achievements
and the work I've yet to do;
between all I have lived
and the mystery yet to come...
Because I'm in-between, Lord,
always somewhere in-between,
make me mindful of the moment,
help me keep it in today,
accepting things I cannot change
and changing things I can,
finding wisdom - in between -
to give me patience with my past
to give me hope
for what will be...
Be with me in this season
gray and charcoaled in my heart,
be with me while I lie awake
and when I fall asleep,
between the dusk and dawn, Lord,
'twixt your mercy and your grace,
be with me in this season,
'tween my winter and your spring...
Amen.
The In Between by Matt Maher
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From death to life
From darkness to a shine
From fear to a peace
I can’t explain
From doubts to a hope
Holding on and letting go
Of all the empty promises of shame
This is my song...
I was one way
But now I'm different
There was a clear change in
A Holy collision
Who I was
And who I’ll forever be
And He was the in between
From orphan to Your child
From a stone to running wild
From a seed in the ground
To breaking out
From a mess to a mess
A blessing to a blessing
A sea of failures bearing testimony
This is my song...
I was one way
But now I'm different
There was a clear change in
A Holy collision
Who I was
And who I’ll forever be
And He was the in between
Love stretched out
On a tree screaming out
So that I could say
You’ve not forsaken me
You’re the first and the last
My future and my past
Who I was
And who I will forever be
You are the in between
I was one way
But now I'm different
There was a clear change in
A Holy collision
Who I was
And who I’ll forever be
And You are the in between
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