NIGHT PRAYER: Thursday 8/7

 

I'm jealous, Lord,
    when I see a small child in someone's arms...

I try to remember, 

I want to remember how that felt:
    to be held so closely, carried so gently,
    cradled and rocked in arms more than able
    - to hold the whole of me -
    in comfort, warm and loving...

How is it I can't remember, Lord,
    how could I have ever forgotten
the pure intimacy of those arms holding me,
    surrounding me, supporting me, protecting me,
    hugging me close, just a heart beat's distance
    from another's beating heart...

No, I can't remember that far back, Lord,
but this I know, without a doubt:
    in the morning,  the evening and all day long
        you cradle and rock me
        in arms more than able
            - to hold the whole of me - 

        forever, in your loving peace...   

 

You still carry and hold me, Lord,
    for at 78 I'm yet your child
and wherever I go,
    I go in your arms, 

in good times and hard times, 

    awake or asleep,
I'm still your child    
    and you are my loving God...

 

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. 

In The Morning, In The Evening

    by Adam Tice/Bex Gaunt 

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In the morning, in the evening,

God is holding you, holding you

In the daytime, in the night time

God is holding you still

Anywhere you may go

God will go with you

Anywhere you may go

You are God's child

In the mountains, in the ocean

God will carry you, carry you

In the forest, in the cities

God will carry you still

In the good times, in the hard times

God will stay with you, stay with you

In your waking, in your sleeping

God will stay with you still

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