Prayer

The following is a poetic reflection on the Lord's Prayer...

Father,
Remove the weights that pull our eyes to ground
so that we may begin with you, our all.

In Heaven,

Up: out of the minds reach,

above all it is that may come between

persons created for your unity.

Your name,

is so much more important than our names,

even its sound is righteousness and light,

may we not cheapen it with venal voices.

Your rule,

here it should be as tangible as there,

equip and anoint us,

so that we may be your ambassadors.

My needs are simple,

but as the affluent west cracks and splinters

We trust you to feed your feeble servants.

Forgiveness: The essence of salvation

the only way for us broken pieces

to retain heart and continue breathing.

Enable it in us

to forgive as radically

as the pain pierced man of innocent service

and ultimate authority.

Temptations: They all

fade in the reminiscence of your light.

Please keep you in our view, help us stay clean.

Holding you in sight, conserve us from dread

for your deliverance is as assured

as is your resurrection from the dead.

All is yours!

all power, glory, wisdom, hope and strength.

All love, authority and everything

that cannot be expressed in written line,

We live to praise as you alone are worthy

for all our days and onto eternity.

Written throughout February 2012.