Wednesday, March 11, 2009

My Prayer

I don't always feel like I have the right words to take to God, but sometimes, I find them, usually in some piece of music. This morning, the right words popped into my head in the form of a Christmas song by Amy Grant, "Breath of Heaven." The chorus is what started it, but as I listened to it on the way to work this morning I realized there was much more I was meant to hear and pray today. So as I drove, and cried, this was my prayer (and is my prayer):

I am waiting in a silent prayer.
I am frightened by the load I bear.
In a world as cold as stone,
Must I walk this path alone?
Be with me now.
Be with me now.

Breath of heaven,
Hold me together,
Be forever near me,
Breath of heaven.
Breath of heaven,
Lighten my darkness,
Pour over me your holiness,
For you are holy.
Breath of heaven.

Do you wonder as you watch my face,
If a wiser one should have had my place,
But I offer all I am
For the mercy of your plan.
Help me be strong.
Help me be.
Help me.

Breath of heaven,
Hold me together,
Be forever near me,
Breath of heaven.
Breath of heaven,
Lighten my darkness,
Pour over me your holiness,
For you are holy.

Breath of heaven,
Hold me together,
Be forever near me,
Breath of heaven.
Breath of heaven,
Lighten my darkness,
Pour over me your holiness,
For you are holy.
Breath of heaven.
Breath of heaven.
Breath of heaven.

Amen.

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