Puase for Prayer: TUESDAY 3/10

 

This Lent, Lord, I've found myself 

    sometimes feeling far away from you
and at other times 

    as close (or closer) than ever I've been...

Though sometimes you seem distant
I know there's not a moment,
day and night,
when you're not by my side:
    before me, behind me,
    above me, below me,
    around, within and beside me...

It's your grace,

it's always your move, Lord, that

    beckons me,
    calls me out of hiding,
    sets me on the right path
    and draws me ever homeward
    to the gentle, warm embrace
    of your strong and loving arms...

You never leave me, Lord 

    - you never have, you never will -
but I have found so many ways
    to turn from you and and hide 
    from your word and from your truth, 

    from your wisdom and your counsel, 

    from your presence by my side...

 

For the times I've run away

    - and all the times I've tried to - 
          I ask your pardon, Lord,
and for the times you've brought me back

    in your mercy and your kindness, 
        I give you thanks and praise...

 

Draw me closer, ever closer,
    when I start to lose my way
and let me never, ever, Lord,
    let go your guiding hand...

Amen.

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