Our very prayers
are a gift from God
the love we feel
in our hearts
graced upon us
through the Holy Spirit
for we are nothing
without the Lord
there is no holiness
within us
save for that holiness
bestowed upon us
by He who is holiness itself
Our very prayers
are a gift from God
the love we feel
in our hearts
graced upon us
through the Holy Spirit
for we are nothing
without the Lord
there is no holiness
within us
save for that holiness
bestowed upon us
by He who is holiness itself
God with us
walking with us
talking with us
living with us
dying with us
resurrected with us
that we may
walk with
talk with
live with
die with
resurrect with
God with us
Every thought
of separation
between myself
God and man
a sin against the Spirit
from which I must repent
turn back the heart
turn back the soul
turn back the mind
to love
for the kingdom of God
is at hand
What greater
act of compassion
than to become as we
to feel what we feel
be tempted as we are tempted
suffer as we suffer
what greater act of love
than to die with us
to die as us
to die for us
so that we may be with thee
free from this world
its promise of death
eternally yours
you who gave yourself to we
My worries and wants
are set before the Lord
He is my comfort
He is my peace
there is nothing I need
that He does not provide
my mind is stilled
and my heart is made content
in and through Him
BEFORE THE LORD
‘Meditations on God’ at http://www.holisticbudo.com
To read my longer writing ‘Grappling With Divinity,’ visit http://www.robertvanvalkenburgh.com