NIGHT PRAYER: Saturday 10/19

 

Let's begin this evening with a poem by William Stafford...

The Way It Is

 

There's a thread you follow. It goes among

things that change. But it doesn't change.

People wonder about what you are pursuing.

You have to explain about the thread.

But it is hard for others to see.

While you hold it you can't get lost.

Tragedies happen; people get hurt

or die; and you suffer and get old.

Nothing you do can stop time's unfolding.

You don't ever let go of the thread.

                              §      §      §

Be the thread, Lord, that runs through my whole life,

the thread of grace that sews my soul to yours...

Thread your grace through my relationships,

through all my joys and sorrows,

through all my nights and days...

 

Be the the thread that holds secure and strong

in spite of changes seeking to unravel

all that holds me close to you...

Be the thread I can't explain

and don't really understand,

yet the thread for which I'm grateful

for all the ways it stitches up 

the wounds that rend my heart...

 

Be the thread I always cling to,

the thread I won't let go of:

the thread of faith, my thread of hope,

your thread of love 

that binds me safe to you...

 

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.

 

These days, I'm grateful for the strength of God's thread in my own life but I know so many folks who are hurting and hungering for the peace and serenity they so much need and desire...  I've chosen a song, then, that I pray might strengthen those who, these days, are "hanging on by a thread..."

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Threads by David Leonard

I'm tired of trying to keep it all together 

Tired of lies disguising who I really am 

 

There's pain that’s hiding underneath the surface 

I’m tired of trying to keep it on the inside 

 

But here before Your love I’m not afraid 

 

I’m gonna let You pull the threads ‘til my heart unravels

Open me up with every breath 

‘til the darkness scatters and runs away 

I’m ready to fall apart 

Fall into Your loving arms 

I’m gonna let You pull the threads ‘til my heart unravels into Yours 

 

You’re reaching out Your hand 

To pull me close again 

You see me as I am still You want me 

 

Here before Your love I'm not afraid

You stitch me back together with Your grace 

Here before Your love I'm not afraid

You stitch me back together with Your grace

 

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