Where I live, the heat of these past few days has matched the heat of the political climate all around us. Then this afternoon there came the grace of a God-given summer shower, drenching us and the lush green foliage and shrubbery above and around us. The rain was welcomed by thirsty gardens...it refreshed everything and everyone in its path... it changed the air we breathe, its light breezes brushing gently on bare arms... Perhaps our world, our nation, need a deluge - as in the days of Noah! - flooding and cleansing and recreating what God has entrusted to our care... Well, the heat of the political climate won't be cooled in 40 days and 40 nights but perhaps a shower of God's grace might, at least for a time, remind us of his grace and refresh us with hope...
Leave us dripping
with moist anointings of your touch:
our toes and every inch of us
refreshed and cleansed
in healing showers of grace...
Lift our faces to rejoice
in the rain of your love:
let us drink it in
and drink it down,
deeply...
Give us a thirst
that only you can quench
and lead us, gently
to rivers of your mercy...
Rain down, Rain down
Rain down your love on your people
Rain down, Rain down
Rain down your love, God of life
Faithful and true is the Word of our God
All of God's works are so worthy of trust
God's mercy falls on the just and the right
Full of God's love is the earth
We who revere and find hope in our God
Live in the kindness and joy of God's wing
God will protect us from darkness and death
God will not leave us to starve
God of creation, we long for Your truth
You are the water of life that we thirst
Grant that Your love and peace touch our hearts
All of our hope lies in You.
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| Photo: Joseph Dannels |
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