A Concord Pastor Comments: NIGHT PRAYER: Tuesday 10/26

Let's begin this evening with a poem by William Stafford...

The Way It Is

There's a thread you follow. It goes among

things that change. But it doesn't change.

People wonder about what you are pursuing.

You have to explain about the thread.

But it is hard for others to see.

While you hold it you can't get lost.

Tragedies happen; people get hurt

or die; and you suffer and get old.

Nothing you do can stop time's unfolding.

You don't ever let go of the thread.

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Be the thread, Lord, that runs through my whole life,

the thread of grace that sews my soul to yours...

Thread your grace through my relationships,

through all my joys and sorrows,

through all my nights and days...

Be the the thread that holds secure and strong

in spite of changes pulling me apart,

seeking to unravel

all that holds me close to you...

Be the thread I can't explain,

and don't really understand

yet the thread for which I'm grateful

for all the ways it keeps me one with you,

holds my life together

and stitches up the wounds

that rend my heart...

Be the thread I always cling to,

the thread I don't let go of:

the thread of faith, my thread of hope,

your thread of love

that is my life forever...

Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake

and watch over me while I sleep

that awake, I might keep watch with you

and asleep, rest in your peace...

Amen.

These days, I'm grateful for the strength of God's thread in my own life but I know so many folks who are hurting and hungering for peace and serenity they so much desire and need and... I've chosen a song, then, that I pray might strengthen those who, these days, are "hanging on by a thread..."

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