Pause or Prayer: SATURDAY 10/22

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I watch a leaf, falling from its branch,

   skittering here and there,
      dancing down the street

         on the wind's own whim and will...

I follow that one leaf:

   it dawdles and it pokes along and of a sudden,

      with surprising lift, it leaps - a jeté -

         sprung of a spirit my soul desires...

I am that leaf, Lord,
   skipping all about but sometimes stalled, 
      still upon a grassy path,
         keeping secrets I long to shout...
              

I am that leaf

   and your Spirit's breath beneath

      gives me flight and then, gently,

         sets me down to rest...

I am that leaf and without your breath

   I'd have no power

      to rise above what keeps me down,

         to fly beyond what holds me back...

     

I am that leaf, I cry to you
    "Lord,  lift me up,

        raise me out of sorrow's depths
           to joy I'll find in you alone...

When your power lifts me up

   let nothing weigh so heavy on my heart

      that I should fail and fall
         and miss your Spirit's wing...

I'm that leaf and you're the wind I need

   to breathe, to dance, to run, to play, 
      to live and make my way with grace
         along my lonely path...

In the quiet of my prayer 
   and with your Spirit's power

      lift me up and carry me

         to where you'd have me go today...

In the stillness help me see

   the days and ways you've carried me 

      when I've not guessed or known 
         the source of all my strength...

In my prayer, Lord, help me know

   your Spirit's been my life and hope

      when I have been that lonely leaf,

         fluttering and falling from its branch... 

Amen.

 

     
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