Gracious God, in the turbulence of our living from day to day
Keep us in touch with our roots, so we will remember where we came from.
Keep us in touch with our feelings so we will be more aware of who we really are and what it costs.
Keep us in touch with our minds so we will know who we are not and what that means. And keep us in touch with our dreams so we will grow toward where we want to go and for whom.
We ask not to be delivered from the tensions that wind us tight, but we do ask for a sense of direction in which to move, a sense of humor about our disappointments, a sense of respect for the elegant puzzlement of being human, and a sense of gladness for Your kingdom which comes in spite of our fretful pulling and tugging.
Lord, nurture in us the questions of a child, the boldness of a profit, the courage of a disciple. Help us to be worthy ministers to the people we serve.
We ask these things, as we ask all things in Your holy name.—AMEN.
(“About our Dreaming,” author unknown.)
