NIGHT PRAYER: 6/8

 

It's been about 5 years since I wrote and first posted this prayer but in the past couple of weeks, a number of people I've met on my path have shared with me their brokenness and the desire for healing and wholeness...  So I though it might be time to do some more work on this prayer and share it with you tonight...

 

You know all my working parts, Lord,
each and every one,
you know all my moving parts
for you're the master of them all...

 

You know all my broken parts::
those tired, worn out fixtures
still in need of some retooling,

restoring and repairing...

You know parts I haven't nurtured,
the ones I haven't tended,
the parts in need of mending,
the ones that ache for healing...

You know the parts I just ignore, Lord,
the ones I don't acknowledge,
the parts I don't accept,
the ones I won't embrace...

And...

 

You know the parts that work quite well,
the ones I often take for granted:
fine parts made by your own hand
and unique to me alone...

You know all my working parts, Lord,
you're familiar with each one:
all the hardware and the software
of what makes me who I am...

 

So... 

 
Tune the parts that make me
all you fashioned me to be, Lord,
and restore, rebuild, replace the parts
in need of your repair...

 

But be merciful and gentle
when you touch my broken parts:
the  damaged pieces of my heart,
deep down within my soul...

I always need your help, Lord,
with my rusty, broken parts, 
your work on me is never done,
there's always more to do...

With all the parts that make me
who I am and called to be
make me patient with each one of them
as you, Lord, are with 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. 

 

Dan Moen's song here is very simple and more than worth the repetition of its simple lyrics...

 

Heal Me, O Lord by Dan Moen

 

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