NIGHT PRAYER: Wednesday 9/3

Increasingly aware of the impact of the daily news on my spirit, my prayer, my mood and my hope - I wrote this evening's prayer...

  

In a desert of  disappointment, Lord,

    I thirst for a little good news... 

 

Offended by inequity, lies and abuse,

    I cry for justice, fairness and truth...

 

In the valley of death's own shadow,

    I forage for signs of life...

 

Crushed by the crass, the rude and the crude,

    I hunger for purity, beauty and grace...

 

Lost in a forest dense and dark,

    I seek a path to the light...

 

Deafened by cries of terror and war,

    I ache to hear the song of peace...

 

Caught in storms that batter my soul

    I pray for clearing, for calm...

 

Alone in crowds, I seek out  faces

    familiar, welcoming, and kind...

 

Rescue me, Lord, from the day's dysfunction: 

    restore the order of beauty and truth...

 

Refresh my soul with your mercy and wisdom,

    my heart with compassion and kindness... 

 

Renew my trust and my hope in you

    and in humankind's graced capacity

to repent and make good, 

    to change and to grow, 

to become again your very own:

    the people you made us and call us to be...

 

Rescue, renew and restore me, I pray:

    refresh me O Lord my God! 

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.

 

Refresh Me! by Leeland

 

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You are my shelter from the hurricane 

You are my rock, You are my shade 

Never changing always the same 

God refresh me 

 

And when my burdens are breaking me down 

And the enemy's cries shake the ground 

I hear Your voice pierce the sound 

Saying "I am with you." 

 

So I lift my hands to You; 

I lift my heart to You 

Refresh me, O God refresh me 

And I raise my weakness high 

In it You're glorified 

Refresh me, O God, refresh me  

      

    ^First three stanzas repeat^

 

Let the river flow down from your throne 

Let it wash me now and make me whole 

Lord fill my heart, flood my soul 

Oh refresh me, Oh God refresh me 

 

Oh, I loose my hands, Take control 

God may your purposes unfold 

There's a greater story to be told 

Oh refresh me, oh God refresh me

 

So I lift my hands to You; 

I lift my heart to You 

Refresh me, O God refresh me 

And I raise my weakness high 

In it You're glorified 

Refresh me, O God, refresh me  

 

  

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