As I brought up my old Blogger login, I have been reading back through previous posts I've written for various purposes. Today I happened upon a series of posts written when we were visiting our partner church in Bulgaria. A dear friend of mine wrote the following prayer and although the prayer was inspired by a very different situation, I found parts of it jumping out at me this morning. Here it is. Perhaps it will speak to you, also.
Dear Lord,
You called us to a beautiful place, full of history and strength and fields of smiling sunflowers.
Help us to listen and hear with our hearts the desires and dreams of our friends. Help this to become a long lasting partnership of trust and truth, like the Old Mountain.
May we be joyful and loving. Use our lives and partnership for Your glory.
Thank you Lord for showing us Your love in yet another way and seeing Your work outside of our daily walk.
Provide us with the answers to the questions that we have long carried on our hearts but have been afraid to say out loud. We have prayed for days of celebration; help us to embrace this time of joyful beginnings.
Open our eyes to opportunity that You have provided. Use our talents and gifts for good.
It seems we are always looking for answers to something.
There are things we carry on our hearts for a long time. We are afraid to say them out loud lest they become real as our breath releases the words from the safety of our mind out into the world. Once out, there is no taking them back.
Help us to embrace this time of joyful beginnings with open eyes to use our talents and gifts for good.
Wow - these sentiments have my head and heart engaged and active this morning. I'm looking forward to pondering what these words mean to me at this juncture.
I've decided I'm going to post my ramblings as they develop, otherwise I'll never post anything and I want to get something "out there". Open the door. Start the car. Turn on the oven. Many first steps and posting my ramblings is this first step.
Cheers. Clifford out.
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