NIGHT PRAYER: Wednesday 2/7

Unlike Advent, when so much reminds us that Christmas is approaching, there's little to put us in a Lenten frame of mind-and-heart each year before Easter.  Of a sudden and without warning, you wake up one day and it's Ash Wednesday!  This year, February 14 will be the day for ashes (as well as Valentine hearts and flowers). That's still a week away  -  but in anticipation (and for better preparation) I'm posting some Here Comes Lent! prayers to help us get ready.  This is the third in that series...

 

I came across this sign on line, Lord...

 

 

Oh, Lord, how much we need (all of us),

    how much we need to trust these words

        and put our faith in you...

I call you omnipotent,

    almighty and all powerful

but sometimes I live, I fret 

    as though I carry burdens

        that you cannot fix or patch,

        that you fail to mend or heal,

        that you won't repair or remedy

        - or just choose to ignore...

But nothing's beyond your reach, Lord,

    no problem outwits your counsel,

        no dilemma defies your solving,

            no wound bleeds past your healing...

I'm always in your care, Lord,

    but I do not know your plans:

        plans to prosper, not to harm me,

        to deliver me from harm,

        to resolve my grief and worry,

        plans to bring me peace and calm,

            to help me find my joy in you...

I do not know your schedule:

    why you sometimes move so quickly

        and at other times you tarry;

    I don't know how you time things,

        how you measure days and years;

    I'm impatient with your patience

        with the pace your wisdom sets;

    I concede to what I fear 

        because I'm slow to trust your plan...

Help me believe, Lord, even now,

    in this moment, as I pray,

that I'm held fast in your arms,

    that you know my every fear,

that you see what I cannot yet see

    and know what I cannot yet know,

that you're reaching to my pain

    with your mercy and your healing

that especially in my darkest times

    your light shines warm and bright...

Help me see, Lord, what you're doing,

    how you're moving in my life,

how you're healing, mending, fixing

    just what wounds and pains and breaks me

how your plans for me are gracious,

    filled with peace and consolation...

Give me patience with your timing,

    help me see the long and short,

give me eyes to see as you see

    and a heart to know your ways;

free my soul to feel your presence

    wrapping me in your strong arms

and let nothing keep me, Lord,  

    from the plans you have for me...

    

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 Know the Plans I Have for You  by Lordsong

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Sometimes I feel so small

 I wonder what God wants from me,

 what will I be

 

I listen for his call

 and try to wait so patiently

 though I may not see

 

When I cannot find my way

 I just remember

 the promise he made

 

I know the plans I have for you

 I know exactly what to do

 I will work a wonder for your good

 I will listen when you pray

 give you peace for each new day

 trust in me your whole life through

 I know the plans I have for you

 

The working of his hand

 sometimes seems so strange to me,

 it’s a mystery

 

I try to understand

 and follow everywhere he leads

 for my heart believes

 

When I cannot see the end

 I hear him saying

 again and again

 

Refrain

Search me with all your heart

 seek me and you will find

 the future filled with hope

 the purpose for your life

 

Refrain

 

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