Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Again at prayer...

My heart is as prayer again.

This morning I am praying:
  • for an encircling, a drawing together
  • for healing and restoration
  • for roses along paths
  • for some I love very deeply
  • and some I know only in passing
  • for conversations that must happen
  • and for all the things the have gone unsaid, through fear, or through necessity
  • and for courage to speak the things that are as yet unsaid but must be given voice
  • for a diminishing of greed and jealousy
  • for those who have been heavy on my mind and heart these last days and weeks
  • while remembering "his body broken, his blood shed"
  • with thankfulness for a friend with whom I spent last evening, laughing, talking, eating, communing
  • for a tearing down of idols (idol worship is about self harm)
  • for restored dreams
  • for travels that are not yet fully possibilities, but that God is calling some to
  • for health and strength
  • for daily bread
  • for just enough light for one more step (another step deeper into darkness, closer to the light)
  • for birthing
  • for empty arms to be filled
  • and empty hearts to be held
  • while thinking about some lyrics from two Ben Harper songs (Roses from a Friend, and Blessed to be a Witness)
  • for two little girls in Winnipeg who touched my heart deeply (and their family, who also entered my heart)
  • for two friends recently engaged
  • for the closing of the gap
  • for the lonely to be set in families
  • for all those who bear the marks of Christ on their lives
  • for healing and wholeness
  • for joy amidst suffering
  • while remembering Francis and Claire and Lazarus and Rose of Lima and all the others that have impacted this year
  • for peace
  • and hope
  • for the coming of the light.

Advent is nearly at a close. The light is coming. Amen, come Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us.

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