NGHT PRAYER: Wednesday 1/22

Sometimes, Lord,

I don't want to be where I find myself

and I wonder, 

    "How did I get here?

    What winds and tides blew me this way?

    What part did I play 

        in charting the route I've traveled?

    Where else might I be, 

        what home might be mine,

    if the world and the scope of my choices

        had been freer, simpler, different?

            more faithful, selfless and true?"

Sometimes, Lord,

I don't want to be where I find myself

and I wonder, 

I worry, 

I "what if?" and "if only!"

and I weep

and I pray...

 

I pray for forgiveness

   for all my wrong turns...

 

I pray you pardon

    my foolish choices...

 

I pray for the wisdom

    I so sadly lacked...

 

I pray for a change, 

    deep in my heart,

a change that changes

    my mind and my ways, 

        my desires and plans,

            my thoughts and my schemes

    and the ways I hunger,

        the ways I thirst 

    for a place and a life

        where I want to be

    and for love of you

        and love for others,

            and the joy my heart desires... 

I pray for a change

    deep in my heart

a change that changes me, O Lord,

    a change that changes

        the person I am

    in the heart of whom 

        you made me to be...

And I'm sure if you help me

    make that change

I'll be at peace with you, O Lord,

    and much more at peace,

        at last, with myself...

 

And in that peace I'll find myself

    at home wherever I happen to be

'til I find myself in that longed-for place,

    in that place where I truly want to be

in that place where I've so long prayed to be,

    in that place where at last, I'm home with you...

 

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.

 

Almost Home by Mercy Me

 

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Are you disappointed 

Are you desperate for help 

You know what it’s like to be tired 

And only a shell of yourself 

You start to believe 

You don’t have what it takes 

Cause it’s all you can do 

Just to move much less finish the race 

But don’t forget what lies ahead 

 

Almost home 

Brother it won’t be long 

Soon all your burdens will be gone 

With all your strength 

Sister run wild run free 

Hold up your head 

Keep pressing on 

We are almost home 

 

Well this road will be hard 

But we win in the end 

Simply because of Jesus in us 

It’s not if but when 

So take joy in the journey 

Even when it feels long 

Oh find strength in each step 

Knowing heaven is cheering you on 

We are almost home 

 

Brother it won’t be long 

Soon all your burdens will be gone 

With all your strength 

Sister run wild run free 

Hold up your head 

Keep pressing on 

We are almost home 

Almost home Almost home 

 

I know that the cross has brought heaven to us 

But make no mistake there’s still more to come 

When our flesh and our bone are no longer between 

Where we are right now and where we’re meant to be 

When all that’s been lost has been made whole again 

When these tears and this pain no longer exist 

No more walking we’re running as fast as we can 

Consider this our second wind 

 

Almost home

Brother it won’t be long 

Soon all your burdens will be gone 

With all your strength 

Sister run wild run free 

Hold up your head 

Keep pressing on 

We are almost home 

Almost home Almost home 

We are almost home Almost home 

Almost home 

We are almost home

 

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