NIGHT PRAYER: Monday 6/22

Sometimes, Lord - life stinks.

And sometimes life's a burden. 

Sometimes life's an uphill battle.

Sometimes life is hard. 

Sometimes life is cruel. 

Sometimes life's a mystery. 

Sometimes life's not fair.

And sometimes life's a ...

- well sometimes life is best described 

    by words I won't use here!

 

Just now, Lord, my life doesn't stink

but there are so many people, Lord,

so many very good people whose lives are 

    painful, sad and empty,

    broken, burned and bruised by war,   

    overwhelmed by hunger and poverty, 

    impaired by disease and sickness,

    haunted by setbacks, letdowns and losses, 

    burdened with sorrow, mourning and grief,

    stretched by problems at home and at work, 

    wired with worry, fear and distress,

    unsettled by things beyond their control, 

    confused by questions too hard to answer,

    stressed by finances, debts and bills 

    and pushed, too often, too close to the brink...

 

So very many good people, Lord,

praying and reaching out to you

    for solace and comfort,

    a word of good news, 

    your healing touch,  

    the strength of your help, 

    your mercy and grace, 

    a respite from problems,

    a reprieve from worry,

    and a time of contentment,

    of peace and joy... 

 

There were days, O Lord,

- even many many days -

when you, too, knew and keenly felt

    how hard and painful this life can be:

you shared our distress, our grief and pain

    and you asked then as we pray now

to be spared this cup of suffering

    and be lifted up in saving arms

        that never will let go...  

 

Be generous, Lord, in helping us

to see you're always there

- with us and for us, behind and before us -

guiding us always 

and guarding the paths we walk through life

through good times and bad,

through thick and through thin,

to the peace you promise,

the healing that's ours,

in our faith in you

and your love for us... 

 

I'm praying, Lord, for all who feel

that life is hard, not fair - life stinks!

Ease their burdens and right what's wrong

    and let them inhale the beautiful scent 

        of the life that's theirs in you... 

 

Protect us, Lord while we're awake

    and watch over us while we sleep

that awake, we might keep watch with you

    and asleep, rest in your peace...

Amen. 

 

I found two songs for tonight's prayer and couldn't decide between them - so I'm offering both. The share the same title but each has its own lyrics.  I encourage you to listen to both - especially if you found yourself in tonight's prayer...  

 

God Help Me by Plumb

 

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There is a wrestling in my heart and my mind 

A disturbance and a tension I cannot seem to drive 

And if I'm honest, there's quite a bit of fear 

To sit here in this silence and really hear You 

 

What will You ask of me? 

Will I listen to Your voice when You speak? 

 

Help me to move, help me to see 

Help me to do whatever You would ask of me 

Help me to go, God help me to stay 

I'm feeling so alone here 

And I know that You're faithful 

But I can barely breathe 

God help me  

 

Sometimes things, they are black and white 

Sometimes they are not and that leaves us torn inside 

And in the middle, we are left to wonder 

Who we are, what You want and where we're going 

 

Oh such a mystery I don't always understand 

But I believe! 

 

Chorus  

 

I don't know the future, it's one day at a time 

But I know I'll be okay with Your hand holding mine 

So take all my resistance Oh God I need Your grace 

One step and then the other 

Show me the way 

Show me the way! 

 

Chorus 

 

God Help Me by Unspoken

 

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When I'm at my end, Tears pouring down
And I can't see past, What's in front of me now

When it's all too much, For this heart to take
There's one name I call, One prayer that I pray

 

God, help me now
Feels like there's no way out
But Jesus, You're faithful and able
And You've never once let me down
God, help me now

 

No matter the pain my heart may feel
No wound cuts too deep for Your love to heal

So when fear comes to find me and doubt starts to grow
I lift up my eyes, I know just where to go

 

God, help me now
Feels like there's no way out
But Jesus, You're faithful and able
And You've never once let me down
God, help me now

No one else (no one else)
No one else (no one else)
Has the power that's in Your name
Nowhere else (nowhere else)
Nowhere else (nowhere else)
Can I run to, and be saved

 

God, help me now
Feels like there's no way out
But Jesus, You're faithful and able 

And You've never once let me down 
God, help me now
God, help me now

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