our propensity is to self-effort & self-trust
When our lives are empty, our hearts unsatisfied, our spirits waiting,Christ of Bethlehem stable, be born in us.
When we find temptation and the seduction of power, wealth, ease and pleasure hard to face,
Christ of the desert wilderness, pray with us.
When we rejoice in health, happiness and well-being, and feel the warmth of God's love on our faces,
Christ of the roads of Galilee, walk with us.
When we seek our own interest, our own good before that of others and God,
Christ of the temple cleansing, deal with us.
When decisions are hard, our paths stony, and we cannot see our way,
Christ of Gethsemane, weep with us.
When we face bitter paths of suffering and loss and our hearts cry out, "Why me, Lord?"
Christ of Calvary, stay with us.
When last we end our journey and bring ourselves into Your keeping,
Christ of the empty tomb, welcome us.
Author Unknown
*Thanks "Moses McCarty" for the reminder!
1 Comments:
i like this. thanks for sharing it. the great thing is that exemplifies and aspect of prayer, prayer as a discipline of reminder. prayer refocuses us on what is true - "christ is with us". prayer is the reigning in of our mind to what is already true in our spirit.
1 cor 14.14
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