Prayers
George Kimmich BeachGiver of being and freedom,
Giver of being and freedom, thou who touches our lives in unforeseen ways, who unsettles our ease and upsets our self-satisfactions: We wait in these moments of stillness to let the hidden processes of healing and growth do their silent work within us, and to let the quiet work of reconciliation be renewed among us.Because we know that the ultimate issues of life -- healing and growth, reconciliation and renewal -- cannot be forced, neither by excess of activity nor by tumult of words, we seek out this stillness. We seek the quiet -- the resting place -- of our restless hearts.
Because we live with mystery, we trust that which is deeper than we know -- which touches our hearts -- which steadies us and rekindles our spirits – which, finally, in faith, may be named the love that has laid hold upon us, and will not let us go. Amen.
Source: 1997 UUMA Worship Materials Collection
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Last updated on Friday, April 18, 2008.
