February 8 Prayer

February 8 Prayer

Lord, you are light and you are love,
Peace comes
Out of chaos and a formless void.

Creation story is our story
We are children made out of the earth
When only the face of the waters
covered it all
Darkness and formless
A wind blew
Scattered and gathered
Into a beautiful day
Sky and land
Morning and evening
We were born to the light of love

Bring your void and darkness inside
and let his loving light emerge from the depths
Peace comes to those that love.

Take a long breath in
God’s spirit of new life into you
As if it were your first

Pray

O’ breath of God
Bring your order to me today
I offer my chaos and longing
My disordered life
My false over controlled life
To let you bring a fresh wind there
To blow away all the substitutes
from what it real and true

O’ creative hands of God
Shape in me now what you desire
Fill my emptiness
Fill the void

May your wind sweep over us
so we do not drown in bottomless waters
Rise up your people like a dome to make a new sky

May we see the beautiful land you have formed before us
A land of hope, of a light and love where
we walk through our doubts and
fears and meet you there-

“O Lord, my God, your greatness takes
my breath away,
overwhelming me by your
majesty, beauty, and splendor!

May we live in peace as you have destined us
To lead the way for others to follow you
As we hear you say,
“It is so,
and it is good.”

Gen.1:1-19, Ps.104: