Pause for Prayer: SUNDAY 4/27

Thomas was a doubter
    and sometimes, Lord 

        - I'm a doubter, too...

 

Sometimes I doubt 

    your love for me,

    your care for me,     

    your word to me,

    the mercy and the peace 

        you offer me... 

 

And often, Lord, 

 I doubt myself...

 

Oh, others may believe in me

 - but still, I second-guess my self,

        undervalue myself,

            sell myself short,

    

Doubt can back me into corners

    and leave me short on hope…

 

Doubt can blind me to reality 

    staring me right in my face…

 

In an instant, 

    doubt can render void 

        whatever wisdom may be mine...

 

Doubt can rob me of the truth 

    truth I know,

        truth I depend upon 

            and cherish...

 

Yes, doubt can be a devil

    when it’s an angel's grace I need... 

 

Thomas was a doubter, Lord,

  'til he saw your suffering's wounds...

 

Thomas was a doubter, Lord, 

before believing in your glory

    risen, present, waiting for his touch...

 

Sometimes it's my own wounds, Lord,

    that keep me from believing, from trusting 

        that you're always there, by my side,

    that even in my deepest doubts

       your healing peace awaits me...

 

Don't let my wounds,

    my suffering, pain and loss,

keep me from discovering, Lord,

    from discerning and delighting in]

        your pardon and your peace...

 

Help me look with Thomas, Lord, 

    upon the wounds you bore for me
to remind me you're no stranger

    to what suffering may be mine...

Remind me that my own pain

    marks just the very place
where you, Lord, come to meet me,

    to mend my soul and heal my doubt,

        to lead me to your peace... 

 

Like Thomas, I'm a doubter, Lord,

 help me, like him then, come to faith

   and cry, "My Lord and God!"

Amen.

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