Pause for Prayer: FRIDAY 1/26

Thawing Snow by Edvard Munch

So cold today, Lord,
with the wind's keen edge
cutting through my jacket and scarf,
my earmuffs and hat...

But "sunny and in the 50's come this weekend"
or so the weather folk report -
and I pray they're right
in predicting some relief, a hint,
a taste of April, months away but nonetheless
hoped for, longed for and dearly missed
as we make our way through winter
who makes her way through us...

Our hearts have seasons, too,
(you know them well, Lord)
seasons frigid with shorter days
and longer nights waiting in vigil
for the sun to rise, to come again
and warm us and the earth
until the gardens bloom and we're set free
from winter's chilling hold...

So give us, Lord, we pray,
a weekend's respite in our hearts
and kindle there your fire of love, warming us
with promise of the spring you'll surely bring
to bear upon our hearts,
to touch and thaw and melt us
with your Spirit's saving breath...

Amen.



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