I pray for quiet time,
far from the clatter and the clamor…I pray for wisdom’s counsel
to untangle my confusion…I pray for consolation
to calm my troubled spirits…I pray for time to finish
all the things I need to do…I pray my heart will open wide
to serve the poor in need…I pray for peaceful dreams
to help me make it through the night…I pray my thoughts be docile,
attentive to your word…I pray for grace to figure out
what’s right from what is wrong…I pray for friends who love me
when I fail to love myself…I pray for you to hold my heart
in warm and gentle hands…I pray for trust and hope
to help me face what lies ahead…I pray for love to spare,
to share with those who are alone…
I pray for strength to do
what I find hardest to accomplish…I pray to pardon freely
those who’ve treated me unfairly…I pray to know your love for me
when mine for you is wanting…In these wintry, Lenten days, Lord,
I trust you’re by my side…
And I pray you hear my every prayer,
whispered, spoken, silent…
