NIGHT PRAYER: Thursday 12/5

It's December, Lord,

    the time of year, the season 

        when we celebrate your advent,

            your coming, your arrival...

They say you came 2,000 years and more ago

    and they say you're here today

        and they say you'll come again...

Me, Lord?

I often find myself still waiting,

    still waiting for your advent,

and sometimes it seems I've waited so long

    and in so many ways...

I wait to find you, to know you,
   to believe in you...

I wait for you to show yourself,

   to show me your face

      and let its light shine full upon my own…

I wait for you to speak to me,

   to speak a word I understand:

      a word I need to hear,

      a word my heart can grasp,
      a word my heart can hold,
      a word my heart can keep,
      a word that brings me peace...

I wait to find the truth that sets me free

   from all that holds me fast

      in my confusion, fear and doubt…

 

I wait for you to hear my prayer 
   and I wait for you to answer me...

I wait for your Spirit to move me,
   nudge me and shake me awake;
I wait for your Spirit to stir within
   and let me know you're with me
      and I'm with you...

I wait to hear your wisdom, telling me

   where to turn, what path to take,
      which choices I should make... 

I wait for you to calm my fears, 
   my anxious, lonely heart,

      and my worried, troubled soul…

I wait for you to help me find 
   even just a little peace of mind…

 

I wait to find your presence in my daily rounds:

   in the ordinary people, times and places

      where I least expect but really need to see you...

I wait to know your mercy:

   the forgiveness of my sins, 
   the cleansing of my soul,

   refreshment for my spirit...

I wait because I trust you'll never fail 
   to call me to begin again, anew:

       my slate wiped clean, 
       my sins absolved,
       my  heart mended, 

           pardoned, healed, restored...

I wait for you, Lord,
   even when I'm not sure why I'm waiting

        - but then I wait some more

    for in the waiting I begin 
       to see you in the dark 
       to hear you in the silence

       and to feel your touch upon my heart...

In the waiting I begin to know 
    your presence, voice and touch

        in the care of those around me

    whose hearts and hands are yours, Lord,
       whose voices speak your words...
      

In the quiet of my Advent prayer

   I wait for you to come
because  I hope, I trust, I know, Lord
   - you wait for me as well...

 

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.

Tonight's song is 5 minutes 

    of beautiful, soul soothing "waiting music"

        - cello and piano 

 

O Come, Emmanuel by The Piano Guys

 

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