A Prayer For You Today

Dear friends,

Only God is God. As our God, He has pledged His care for us. Troubles?  Pile them on His shoulders. He would like us to. He can be trusted.

A prayer for you today.

LORD, HIGH AND HOLY, MEEK AND LOWLY,

Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision,

where I live in the depths but see thee in the heights.

Hemmed in by mountains of sin, I behold thy glory.

Let me learn by paradox

that the way down is the way up,

that to be low is to be high,

that the broken heart is the healed heart,

that the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit,

that the repenting soul is the victorious soul,

that to have nothing is to possess all,

that to bear the cross is to wear the crown,

that to give is to receive,

that the valley is the place of vision.

Lord, in the daytime stars can be seen from deepest wells,

and the deeper the wells, the brighter Your stars shine.

Let me find Your light in my darkness,

Your life in my death,

Your joy in my sorrow,

Your grace in my sin,

Your riches in my poverty

Your glory in my valley. Amen

The opening prayer from the Puritan prayer book,

Valley of Vision.

May God give us more grace to take Him at His word.

Pastor Joe