Dear Lord,
May Your calm defeat the raging seas that is my rushing blood, my torrent thoughts.
May Your solemnity infiltrate the twisting of want and bending of understanding. May Your strength carve out a place for me to rest–Your presence for me to boast in. An effusion I long to reside in. And where You are there I will live since You are where I insist on being.
And that my sight is on You, by You and solely for You.
http://traceatthewell.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/prayer-for-the-day/
praying outside under a dark blue sky dimly lit with constellations that indicate an almost surrendered summer with a best friend concerning the week ahead…the days to come—or truly our present state of mind (as the cadence of the wind drowns out all distractions and anxious thoughts) is ideal and makes all the difference.
Dear Lord,
May Your calm defeat the raging seas that is my rushing blood, my torrent thoughts.
May your solemnity infiltrate the twisting of want and bending understanding.
May Your strength carve out a place for me to rest—Your presence for me to boast in. An effusion I long to reside in.
And where You are, there I will live since you are where I insist on being. And that my sight is not only on you but by you and solely for you.
May my confidence be of Godly wisdom, and Truth and patience my strength, satiating the holy depths I often flee from, excavating fullness my worries pile upon.
May I receive Your spirit, for there is no lacking, there is completion and unrestricted joy—unrestrained praise.
Amen
On the day
when you are wearing
your certainty
like a cloak
and your sureness
goes before you
like a shield
or like a sword,
may the sound
of God’s name
spill from your lips
as you have never
heard it before.
May your knowing
be undone.
May mystery
confound your
understanding.
Christ behind me, Christ within me,
Christ beneath me, Christ above me.
I want to, am in need to, must do, should do, lately seldom do, will and pray to make this gesture, embody this upright spirit.
