Mar 22, 2010 | joy, Lent, prayer, Spirit
You have saturated this daywith the beauty of your stillness,O Whispering Spirit,if I but stop to lookif I but stop to sit and breathe.Oh! how your sweet perfume is in the rain!How your dress sways with the willow’s green branches!There is a vibrance about you,O...
Mar 21, 2010 | Lent, prayer
Jesus, Lover of my soul,hold me close in sweet embrace!Comfort my spirit,sing & caress me to sleep,wait by my side for the dawn’s arrival,Holy Lover of mine.My Sun and Moon,My Daily Surrender,My Constant Companion!Original hymn text of “Jesus, Lover...
Mar 20, 2010 | images of God, Lent, prayer
O Holy Heartache, O Open Wound, I come to you afresh with pain: bleeding, sore, and tired. Will you knit flesh back together, or will you say “This pain is my presence”? O Holy Heartache, O Open Wound, I have prayed without ceasing for strength, battled in...
Mar 19, 2010 | Lent, psalm
Sarah laid back her head and laughedto find the holy in the ridiculous,and I give the Spirit praise for divine humor:Praise for the dried-out breast that can suckle new life!Praise for the mystery of cells rebuilding and healing!Praise that wholeness is always built...
Mar 18, 2010 | Lent, prayer
Just as I amlet grace suffice;may body, mind, & soulbe blessed.Through cracked vesselLiving Water flow.By Spirit’s breath,oh! make me whole.Original “Just As I Am” hymn text by Charlotte Elliott (1836).
