Waiting with Hope

 

"...because of the tender mercy of our God,
    by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven 

to shine on those living in darkness
    and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.” (Luke 1:78-79)

 

God of promises,
Sometimes we wait generations
for the dawn from on high;
sometimes only years.
We wait for justice and hope and light and kindness
to mingle in the tangle of our days.
And we age while we hope.

So may we age and hope
with tenderness and truth.
Because you are tender and true
even though we sometimes wonder.

Amen.

(From Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community by Pádraig Ó Tuama)

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