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A Prayer When You’re Tired of Waiting

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A Prayer When Your Tired of Waiting

Grateful for the words of Walter Brueggemann today. Read through this poem as you reflect on the Advent season:

We give you thanks for the babe born in violence.

We give you thanks for the miracle of Bethlehem,
born into the Jerusalem heritage.

We do not understand why the innocents must be slaughtered;
we know that your kingdom comes in violence and travail.
Our time would be a good time for your kingdom to come,
because we have had enough of violence and travail.

So we wait with eager longing,
and with enormous fear,
because your promises
do not coincide with our favorite injustices.

We pray for the coming of your kingdom on earth
as it is around your heavenly throne.

We are people grown weary of waiting.

We dwell in the midst of cynical people,
and we have settled for what we can control.

We do know that you hold initiative for our lives,
that your love planned our salvation
before we saw the light of day.

And so we wait for your coming,
in your vulnerable baby
in whom all things are made new.

Amen.

-“In violence and travail” by Walter Brueggemann

A Prayer When Your Tired of Waiting

Pick up a copy of Walter Brueggemann‘s Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth, from Amazon, here.

This blog is part of a series called Sunday Still. You can read more about the heart behind these posts, here.

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63 Comments

  1. Debbie
    Debbie on December 22, 2013 at 9:58 am

    Yes, I grow weary of waiting…

  2. AR Neal
    AR Neal on December 22, 2013 at 3:23 pm

    Oh my did I need to read this today! I am weary of waiting and of feeling like I am unsure at this moment in my life (presently unemployed) exactly what I am waiting for…

  3. Margaret
    Margaret on December 23, 2013 at 10:02 am

    Praying for you today, AR. Wishing you a Merry Christmas!

  4. Margaret
    Margaret on December 23, 2013 at 10:10 am

    Praying for you today, Debbie.

  5. Vanessa Ortiz
    Vanessa Ortiz on December 24, 2013 at 4:23 am

    Waiting on our adoption…1.5 years had gone by…Before that 3 more years of finding out I could not have children, perimenopause at 37. Today the birth of Jesus gives us hope of our children to come. May God bless all who are waiting for the same promise, just like us. God bless u Margaret! Your books are sometimes a description of my same portrait….Vanessa Ortiz, San Juan, PR…Merry Christmas.

  6. Margaret
    Margaret on December 26, 2013 at 9:23 am

    Huge hug to you, Vanessa. May God continue to wrap his loving arms around you during this season of waiting.

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