NIGHT PRAYER: Saturday 10/11

  I watch a leaf, falling from its branch

     then skittering here and there,

      dancing down the street,

         at the wind's own beck and call...

I walk and follow that single leaf

    as it dawdles and pokes along

and then of a sudden, it leaps - a jeté 

    with a spirit my soul longs for...

I am that leaf, Lord, often stalled

    or stilled upon the grassy path

or sometimes skipping all about, 

    holding in a secret joy...

     
I am that leaf and your Spirit, Lord,

    your wind beneath my wings,

lifts me high 'til I descend

    to gently rest upon the earth...

I am that leaf and without your breath

    I'd have no breath, no power

to rise above what keeps me down,

    to fly beyond what holds me back...

I am that leaf and I cry to you

    "Lord, lift me up and raise me 

        from my sorrow and my grief

    to joy that comes from you alone,

         to peace that has no end..."

    

I am that leaf and you're the wind 

    I need to breathe, to dance, to play, 

to make my way with grace along     

    this path that's mine to walk...

In the quiet of this moment, Lord,

   with your Spirit's gentle breath

lift my soul, a fluttering leaf,

    and catch me in your hand...

Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake,

    watch over me while I sleep

that awake, I might keep watch with you

    and asleep, rest in your peace...

     
Amen. 

 

For tonight's music, listen here and in your prayerful imagination, think of yourself as a falling leaf in your relationship with God...

 

Falling Leaves

    by Martin Tallstrom

 

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