You are a God of small things.
Snapped shoe laces, the sticking utensil drawer
Outreaching arm over the cold side of the bed
Watching the bus you’re meant to be on go by
(and the one after that)
Siren chaser, conflict avoider, the job I don’t want to go to much today
What I needed to bring and forgot,
What I wanted to say but didn’t
(the stupid thing I say instead)
You – in my fears, real or imagined
You – my consolation and my comfort
You – there always in all things
You
Talitha Fraser
Here in this vortex of risk, vulnerability, hope and fear,
I stand with you.
Our paths are not the same
But for the ways in which they mix and
tangle in each other,
sometimes parallel,
sometimes perhaps at cross purposes,
yet never quite falling out of sight
I am glad and grateful.
May the journey bring answers,
growth and joy.
May the stepping out be its own reward.
May you be bold, and honest, and safe,
and return to me.
~ Bronwyn Hayward
http://www.pallotticollege.com.au/
There is a joy
in knowing the truth of oneself
whatever that may be
for it was meant
Talitha Fraser
Leunig
“God be with those who explore in the cause of understanding, whose search takes them far from what is familiar and comfortable and leads them into danger or terrifying loneliness. Let us try to understand their sometimes strange or difficult ways; their confronting or unusual language; the uncommon life of their emotions, for they have been affected and shaped and changed by their struggle at the frontiers of a wild darkness, just as we may be affected, shaped, and changed by the insights they bring back to us. Bless them with strength and peace.
Amen.”
Lord let us accept, you are leading us into places unknown –
places in ourselves, and in our lives with the other.
Lord you remind us… “Be not afraid”
And so we ask for Your help dear God.
Help us to let go…
Of our defences that protect us, yet isolate us
Help us to let go…
Of our past failures, of shame & guilt
Help us to let go…
Of our resentments and compulsions that we feed
Help us to let go…
Of our romantic notions that lead to false expectations of others, of our world, of You.
Help us to let go…
Of the burden of others’ expectations when our resources run dry
Lord let us accept, you are leading us into places unknown –
places in ourselves, and in our lives with the other.
Lord you remind us… “Be not afraid”
And so we ask for Your help dear God.
Help us to embrace…
The courage we need to grow close to one another
Help us to embrace…
A spirit of forgiveness and hope
Help us to embrace…
The liberation of our salvation
Help us to embrace…
The time we need for renewal and transformation
Help us to embrace…
The One who knows us and loves us without end.
How often are Your gifts held out to us freely
And we do not recognise they are gifts,
Or we recognise but do not claim,
Or we claim but do not use,
Or we use but do not share
with others as You have with us?
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