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 and every day:
Your word is a light to our feet and a lamp to our path.
Your word is a glue of the universe wherein the whole creation coheres.
Your word is the address of promise and command by which we live.
Your word has come fleshed among us full of grace and truth.
———We are creatures of your word and we give thanks for it.
For all that we are more dazzled that your word
———is carried, uttered, acted
———by frail vulnerable human agents.
We ponder and give thanks for those who in this day
———speak your word where it is desperately needed
——————and deeply resisted.
We ponder and give thanks for those who this day
———act your word for newness and peace and justice.
We ponder with trepidation that among us
———you will yet designate such carriers,
——————such speakers,
——————such actors.
In our thanks for your word,
———we pray for courage in the name of the one
——————who emptied himself. Amen.
Father, may we be reminded of the power and presence of your Word today. Amen.
What is your favorite thing about Scripture?
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