Saturday, April 05, 2014

Make Love Come Alive – A Prayer – v3

Lord, how easy it is
to speak of love,
to say, to pledge,
undying, unending love
claiming to understand,
to appreciate the meaning.

Real love; oh we see but
only a foggy image
we want to see more fully
Love in the mirror, a weak shadow
we long for You, the
full flowering of Your love.

Help us Lord, to take steps,
boldly, with confidence
striving forward, certain
on the strength of Your foundation,
even tentative, faltering steps,
even in our infancy.

To make love come alive for another,
through unexpected, kind words,
kindness freely given
a genuine smile, signs of real respect,
true appreciation, servanthood,
not the ways of the world.

Help us put others before ourselves,
to wait for all, not just our turn.
Remind us Lord to
Take the time to find the good in each
and speak words of love,
whenever we speak, in whatever we do.

Amen.


edited April 5, 2014
“Make Love Come Alive – A Prayer – v3”
Edited May 6, 2013
“Make Love Come Alive – A Prayer – v2”
August 6, 2007 22:21, edited on August 7, 2007 7:07am
“Make Love Come Alive – A Prayer”
to use as a prayer during devotion time
1 Corinthians 13 and
Our mission trip,
from Wesley United Methodist Church,
Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,
Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME
to the Down East Maine Mission,
Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,
East Machias, ME

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