PRAYER

God of wild places daisies, ditches rowans, raspberries rugged cliffs, rumbustious seas breezy meadows, bright beaches nature’s grandeur displayed

sun rises and sets misted moonlight caresses clouded hills we are blessed in your love

God of rolling farmland fields ripening food congregations of cattle shearings of sheep bubbling brews, bursting barns. nature’s bounty displayed

sun rises and sets misted moonlight caresses clouded hills we are blessed in your love

God of city streets cafés, countless cultures bustling buses, stravaigin’ shoppers high-living, humble homes silent streets, solitary strollers. humankind’s ingenuity displayed

sun rises and sets misted moonlight caresses clouded hills we are blessed in your love

God of the lockdown life closed, closeted contained, covered shielded, sheltered darkness, danger. humanity’s fears and failings hidden away

sun rises and sets misted moonlight caresses clouded hills we are blessed by your promise

Uncover our shame and our shambles. Uncover our sadness and our sorrows. Uncover our fears and our foibles. Expose us to the scrutiny of your light. Wrap us in the warmth of your embrace, that we might be un-Locked by Love re-created, re-shaped, re-born into the wholeness of your Passion. Our God.

Amen.

This article appears in the August 2020 Issue of Life and Work

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