NIGHT PRAYER: Tuesday 3/18

Create in me a clean heart, O God...

  -Psalm 51

 

Tonight I pray for a deep quiet 

    in my heart and mind,
that sweet stillness of your presence  

    where, without a word,
      your heart speaks to mine 
         and mine to yours...  

Give me a heart blessed
   with the silence of your presence
with its peace and power 

    to calm my fears
       and soothe my worried soul... 

Create in me
   a clean heart, O God...

Help me make a time to be with you
   in my heart of hearts 

and to find your pulsing presence,

    steady, strong and true... 

Sometimes my heart's heavy, Lord,

    with grief and problems;

sometimes my mind's confused,  

    unsure of what to think;

sometimes my soul is sick 

    with hurt and fear;

sometimes the noise within screams out

   though no one hears 

        or knows the pain it shouts... 

Create in me
   a clean heart, O God...

I need more than silence, Lord,

    I need the healing stillness of that quiet  

        only found in finding you 

            and resting by your side... 

Though I long for answers, for solutions

    for what I want and think I need,

though I stew in my own juices 

    and pity my own plight;
I know that what I need the most is you

   and the peace that only you can give

in that quiet place prepared for me 

    deep within your heart...

     

Take the tension from my neck
   and the tightness from my shoulders;
relax me, Lord, 

    and let me be at ease,

trusting that you're always there
   to comfort and to heal me...

 

Create in me
   a clean heart, O God... 

As I enter this grotto of prayer,
as I walk this holy ground of grace,
as I seek that quiet stillness 

    where your silent word is spoken, 

help me lay down my burdens, Lord,

    and fall into your arms... 

Create in me a clean heart, O God:
   a heart prepared to welcome you,
   a heart swept clean to call itself your home,
   a heart renewed by mercy and your pardon,
   a heart refreshed by hope that lifts me up,
   a heart restored to courage by your Spirit,
   a heart whose silence waits your quiet presence
      and the stillness of the peace it brings...    

 

Create in me
   a clean heart, O God...  

Come, Lord, and meet my in my prayer, 
   in the silence, in the quiet, in the stillness:  
create in me a clean heart, O God, 

    and put a new and steadfast spirit in my soul... 

 

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.

 

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