Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Reflections on Luke: 1:39-45

When you meet with me
In the way of my wayfaring,
May my heart leap up with joy.

When I drink the silences of evening,
Seeking to be comforted by beauty,
May I see your name writ large across them,
May my heart leap up with joy.

When I see the rain fall softly
And the parched earth drink it in;
May I know how tenderly you bless me,
May my heart leap up with joy.

When I see the needy and the broken,
The lost the lonely and the suffering;
When I kneel and seek to bring them mercy,
May I see each wears the face of Jesus,
May my heart leap up with joy.

When I face my neediness and failure,
Know how large the sins of my omissions,
Know how great my need of your forgiveness,
Know again, your name to me is Saviour,
May my heart leap up with joy.

When I face the end of all my wandering,
When the cup of life’s last dregs are emptied,
When the darkness falls across my eyelids,
And my evening prayer falls into silence:
May in see you, arms outstretched and waiting,
May I know you, dearer than my dearest,

May my heart leap up with joy.

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