Dear Lord,
Before you were the Good
Shepherd,
you were the carpenter’s
son,
a carpenter yourself.
We can learn much, from you
the carpenter, even as
the fishermen did,
after your rising.
Cutting with the grain,
planing the boards level,
sanded smooth, measuring,
Planning, drafting and
redrafting, before the first
cut,
long before the nailing.
Help us be your hands, using
the tools,
our skills, the blueprint,
for this work and our lives
and for the people we are
helping.
Guide us Lord to follow
the plans of the Carpenter
and Creator, the Master Architect.
Amen.
Edited May 5, 2013 and May 11, 2013
“The Carpenter – A Prayer – v2”
August 5, 2007 10:25am, edited August 8, 2007 8:30am
“The Carpenter – A Prayer”
for the prayer for devotion time
Our mission trip,
from Wesley United Methodist Church ,
to the Down East Maine
Mission ,
East Machias, ME
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