Pause for Prayer: FRIDAY 9/4

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What an amazing grace, Lord,

that I sit here with you

- you who dwell in the heavens -

and that you should choose to sit with me, 

as friends do

and that I should speak with you 

who shape the hearts of all...

 

You made my heart, Lord:

you knew its depths and chambers 

long before my birth...

In my mother's womb

you began to shape 

the heart that would be mine

'til its last beat 

and my last breath...

 

As clay in your sculpting hands

you've never ceased to shape my heart,

molding it carefully, 

to be more and more 

like yours...

 

You've shaped my heart 

to be filled with the mercy,

with the pardon and the peace 

you offer me every day...

 

You've kneaded my heart 

to make it strong

for work that's mine to do

and for the burdens I must carry...

 

You've mended my heart 

and healed its wounds

when sin and disappointment 

pierced the soul of who I am...

 

You've touched my heart with grace 

and blessed my heart with all it needs

to face each night and day...

 

You shape the hearts of all, Lord

- and mine no less than any;
you've considered all my deeds, 

the good and bad alike,

and called my heart to faithfulness,

compassion, truth and love...

 

How will you shape my heart today, Lord?

How will your fingers mold my heart

for this day's peace, this day's sorrow,

this day's tears and fears and joys?

 

And what word, Lord,

what word will you speak to my heart today?
What word do I need to hear? 
A word of truth? of insight?

a word of comfort or of challenge?  
a word of healing? a word of counsel?

 

Whatever word I need to hear, Lord:

open my heart 

to the whisper of your voice

in the quiet, in my mind, 

in my prayer, in my heart

and in all the world around me...

 

Oh, what an amazing grace Lord,

that I sit here with you,

that you should choose to sit with me

as friends do;

and that I should speak with you 

who shape the hearts of all...

Amen.

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