NIGHT PRAYER: Wednesday 3/3

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Some things I need to remember tonight...

Just to sit in your presence,

   in silence, Lord:

      this is a prayer...

 

To sit in the dark

   and ask, "Where are you?"

      - this is a prayer...

To rest in the quiet
   and remember you're near:
      this is a prayer...

To sit in the stillness,
   and ponder your mystery:
      this is a prayer...

To take a deep breath
   and inhale your peace:
      this is a prayer...

To hear in my heartbeat,
   the pulse of your presence:
      this is a prayer...

To close my eyes to the world around
   and open my heart to you within:
      this is a prayer...

To gaze on your Cross

   and see your love:

      this is a prayer...

To open my heart

   just to empty it out:

      this is a prayer...

To open my hands
   and wait to be filled:
      this is a prayer... 

To humbly mumble

   what my soul longs to say:

      this is a prayer...

To struggle to find

   even one word to say:

      this is a prayer...

To speak not a word

   and hear only the silence:

      this is a prayer...

 

To trust that my silence

   is a language you know:

      this is a prayer...

To hear in the quiet

  the whisper of grace:

      this is a prayer...

To open my heart, Lord,

   to speak but your name...

      this is a prayer...

Be there for me, Lord, when I come to pray

   and answer my prayer with peaceful dreams

that awake, I might keep watch with you

   and asleep, rest in your peace...

Amen. 

(Tonight's song is a simple, repeating prayer 

and runs for more than seven minutes... 

listen as long as your prayer invites...)

O, Lord Hear My Prayer by Taize

 

Oh, Lord hear my prayer,

Oh Lord, hear my prayer

When I call answer me.

Oh Lord, hear my prayer,
Oh Lord, hear my prayer,
Come and listen to me.

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