July 6 Prayer

July 6 Prayer

Gen.32:23-33
‘Surely God is in this place.’

In the middle of a battle
When I am left alone
with questions unsolved
with terrors in the night

God becomes a man
A power to reckon with
Until a touch, and a wound transforms into a blessing.

All those hard and difficult places
Unfulfilled dreams
Healings yet completed
Struggles persist

Do we persist in our wrestling, in our showing up?
To find God face to face
as the very one wrestling with us?

Pause to ponder and pray;

Lord, I want to know you and see you in this place
Where I am right now
To be able to show up,fully in how I am.

In my weakness and my fears
You work it out in me,
this struggle to become a blessing.

Show us your wondrous mercies.
Your face of compassion and not judgment
Only justice to love us beyond measure and
let our wounds heal us.

Help us to see ourselves as we see you
In the fight.

Face to face with our pain and our blame
Let us see you
In us.

Let us see us
as you see us
through and through.

No more hiding
Let us rise up this morning to
access your presence
with a God encounter of grace.

Face to face
Surely God is in this place.

Amen