Hymnal of our Soul Prayer

 

God, You are our help in ages past and You are the hope for years to come.   How can we say thanks to You, O God, for the ways You have taken our hand, led us on, helped us stand.  For Your love divine, all love excelling; for the wideness in Your mercy, for Your peace like a river, and for the truth that every time we feel the Spirit moving in our heart is a moment we pray; thank You!!  Even in the middle of spring, on the cusp of summer, we can still sing, “O come, o come, Emmanuel (God with us)” and “Come, thou long expected Jesus!”  These are still honest prayers of our hearts in May.  We can belt out joy to the world.  You continue to call us to follow you (and never be the same) to be collaborate and conspirators with You to bring forth the reign of mercy, bring forth the reign of peace; bring forth the reign of justice, bring forth the City of God.  We pray that You will abide with us, especially when the Your light to the world is eclipsed by those who continue to deny and dismiss and even betray us.  Let the narrative of our life be found as we tune and turn our ears/hearts/souls to the jukebox that lives within us.  Bless be the ties that bind us, even when it confines and confounds us.  And may God’s healing, love, peace, and presence be with you every hour this day.  Glory, glory, hallelujah, since we laid our burdens down for we will keep singing and marching and praying in the light of God today.  Amen.