Walter Brueggemann has a gift to bring hidden thoughts of the soul to light before God. Over the course of this fall, I wanted to share Walter Brueggemann with you every Wednesday from his book, Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth. I believe his prayers, his words, are laden with wonder. The wonder of honesty. The wonder of trust. The wonder of love. The wonder of beauty.
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Read through the poem below silently. Recite it aloud. May this become our prayer today as we seek to see God in the midst of our every day. In the midst of our pain and heartache. In the midst of our joy and successes. In the midst of our courage and tenacity. In the midst of today. Right here. Right now:
You brood in the night in its fearfulness,
You dawn the day in its energy,
———You move at the edge of night
——————into the margin of day.
———You live at the hinge between fear and energy.
You take the feeble night and give us strong day,
———You take our fatigue and bestow courage,
———You take our drowsy reluctance and fashion full-blooded zeal.
What shall we say?
———You, only you, you
———You at the hinge—and then the day.
You—and then us,
———from you in faithfulness,
———us for the day,
———us in the freedom and courage and energy,
———and then back to you—in trust and gratitude.
Amen.
Father, may we be people marked by courage, zeal, trust, and gratitude today. Amen.
Where do you sense God asking you to step out in boldness or trust today?
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