NIGHT PRAYER: Saturday 3/18

My retreat director suggested I pray with the story in Matthew 8 where a man with leprosy approaches Jesus and says, "Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean."  And Jesus replies, "I will do it. Be made clean..."  Other translations have the man saying, "Lord, if you're willing..." and "Lord, if you want to..."

 

I come to you this evening, Lord, wondering

    what it is you might wish for me,

    what you might want or will for me,

    what you might be waiting to give me...

 

You never pause, even for a moment,

    in desiring what's best for me,

    in offering whatever healing and blessing

        I might need,

    in giving me whatever grace I need

        to be more faithful to you and your love...

 

Your generosity is beyond my imagination

and too often, in my blindness, my selfishness,

in my inattentive laziness, I miss

    the hints your wisdom offers me,

    the cues that set me on the path

        that leads me to your peace

    and the love that waits to fill my soul

        with overflowing mercy... 

And so I ask tonight, Lord:

    what do you wish for me?

    what gifts are you waiting for me to accept?

    what grace, what help, what healing

        will you give me without cost?

Please, Lord, clear my mind and heart

    of disappointment that saps my hope and trust,

    of doubt that blinds me to your kindness,

    of self-pity that isolates my spirit,

    of anger that robs me of your peace

    and of anything that keeps me from believing

        I am yours, your chosen, your beloved...

You wish 

    nothing but the best for me;

you want only

    that you and I be one;

you're willing

    to give yourself in love for me;

and you're waiting, Lord, 

    with gentle patience,

'til I fall into your arms

    and find the peace that waits for me...

Fill me, Lord:

fill the empty spaces in my heart and my life

    with all you wish me to have,

    with all you want me to enjoy,

    with all you will to be good for me;

fill me, Lord,

    with all you wait to share 

        to make me one with you in peace...

 

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.

 

Fill Me  by Ryan Williams and Red River Valley Worship

 

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If you wish, Lord, you can heal me...

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