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”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/make-love-come-alive-prayer-v2.html

August 6, 2007 22:21, edited on August 7, 2007 7:07am

“Make Love Come Alive – A Prayer”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/make-love-come-alive-prayer.html

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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