Prayer

 

In all the words we use now

may we find you between them

in the unspoken pauses

in the yet to be defined ideas

O God

in those spaces

where we can only hope

and dream

and wonder

in the longing for a promised birth

 

in all the carols we sing

may we find you

in the gaps between verses

in the breath we take

where we have not yet defined you

limited you

worked you out

and let you be still

the unexpected 

the miracle

that will transform us

beyond what we can imagine

 

and may we dare

in this daring season

of advent hope

speak of you

with fresh

new words

in enlivened and animated ways

in yet unimagined images

that frees you

beyond the words we use

 

O Advent God

skin-side to humanity

may we listen for the pauses

in the sacred words 

that bring us to life

and let such life

be found in you

fresh to the world

soon

and quickening 

with redemption

 

Holy God

we wait

pause

and hope

in you

light of the world