In preparation for our Sunday services, I was looking for a little inspiration on the prayer front. I was helped by a wonderful book "Prayers for Today" (compiled by Kurt Bjorklund). In one of the chapters, I found this delightful prayer."Lord, how much juice can you squeeze from a single grape?
How much water can you draw from a single well?
How great a fire you can kindle from a tiny spark?
How great a tree you can grow from a tiny seed?
My soul is so dry that by itself it cannot pray;
Yet you can squeeze from it the juice of a thousand prayers.
My soul is so parched that by itself it cannot love;
Yet you can draw from it boundless love for you and for my neighbour.
My soul is so cold that by itself it has not joy;
Yet you can light the fire of heavenly joy within me.
My soul is so feeble that by itself it has no faith;
Yet by your power my faith grows to a great height."
- Guigo the Carthusian (12th century monk)
Living in Grace
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