An evening prayer…

November 22, 2006

I came across this post by Liz Mosbo VerHage on her blog Living Theology tonight. I think this is just a wonderful prayer, and I thought you might like to pray it yourself:

Below is one of my favorite fixed prayers, because it allows for my reality (questioning, wondering, waiting) alongside God’s reality (gracious, giving, protecting) - and it reminds me that God is bigger. This is meant to be read during evening prayers:

Lord, You have always given bread for the coming day;
and though I am poor, today I believe.

Lord, You have always given strength for the coming day;
and though I am weak, today I believe.

Lord, You have always given peace for the coming day;
and though of anxious heart, today I believe.

Lord, You have always kept me safe in trials;
and now, tried as I am, today I believe.

Lord, You have always marked the road for the coming day;
and though it may be hidden, today I believe.

Lord, You have always lightened this darkness of mine;
and though the night is here, today I believe.

Lord, You have always spoken when time was ripe;
and though you be silent now, today I believe.

- Expressions of Faith, from Evening Prayers, Celtic Daily Prayers

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