Pause for Prayer: Tuesday 8/25

  

At least once a day, Lord 

- and frequently more often-

I look at myself 

in a mirror...

 

Sometimes I love what I see 

    but sometimes, well, I don't

when I miss, 

when I fail to recognize

when I close my eyes 

to your mysterious design, 

    the imprint of your touch 

and the gentle care you took

    in shaping my appearance:

how I look to the world,  

    to you, Lord, and myself...

 

Help me reverence, Lord, 

help me love and respect:
    the face I see in the mirror,

    the face you cherish, 
    the face you fashioned for me,

    the face you take delight in, 
    the face by which you know me

    - my face -

    the face you've always loved... 

Help me, Lord, to look beyond,
the features I would change
and find within 

what needs no change: 

    the beauty of your image,

    imprinted on my soul,

    the divine imago Dei

    in whose likeness I'm created

    through the mystery of your love...  

 

Help me look through my own eyes, Lord,
and show me what you see:
    what you treasure, what you cherish
        and find worthy of your gaze...

Help me look within myself, Lord

to see what might be changed, 

'til I more clearly mirror

and more faithfully reflect

the gracious light of your face

warmly shining on my own...

Amen. 

 

The Image of God

    by Craig Courtney and Susan Boersma 

 

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In the beginning 

God shaped and formed me

I am skillfully and wonderfully made

 

I am the image of my Creator 

In every part of me 

his likeness is displayed

 

Life flows from life and love from loving,

gifts of the Father by nature and by grace,

a heart made glad, a soul unshaken

unbounded joy, in every breath a song of praise,

unbounded joy, in every breath a song of praise 

 

For his own purpose 

God shaped and formed me

I am his, I have a place with in his plan

I am the image of my Creator,

my past and future are secure within his hand

 

Life flows from life and love from loving

gifts of the Father by nature and by grace,

a heart made glad, a soul unshaken

unbounded joy, in every breath a song of praise,

unbounded joy, in every breath a song of praise 

 

Life flows from life and love from loving,

gifts of the Father by nature and by grace,

a heart made glad, a soul unshaken

unbounded joy, in every breath a song of praise, 

a song of praise 

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