Tuesday, August 18, 2020

A Prayer of Lament

Father in Heaven, so many are hurting right now.

So many hearts are heavy with the brokenness of this world.

 

Our souls cry out, “How long?”  

So easily they betray the hope our lips profess, 

fighting back in protest one moment and sinking in anguish the next.  

Make it stop!  Make it right!   

Oh, Lord, may this longing bear witness to us of our home in another dimension.    

 

Convince us, Father, of the beauty You are growing just beyond our field of vision. 

Speak to our hearts of Your power amplified in our weakness!   

Oh, take this clay and make it worthy of that power! 

 

For the sake of your name, God, enter our mess and turn it around.   

May Your kingdom come.   

May You reign here. 

 

Let this hurt persuade us all the more of the glory to be revealed.   

Set our hearts at rest in Your presence.   

When our hearts condemn us, flood our minds with assurance of Your victory over our hearts.

 

Satisfy us, Jesus, with the sweetness of Your attentiveness moment by moment.  

 

 

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