Prayer for the Day
A prayer that we may walk in love
Lord God, may we walk in love.
May we walk slowly, step by step, so that we can be still in your presence.
May we walk sometimes in silence, so that we can know rest and peace.
May we walk with a spring in our step, and go forward with joy.
May we walk gazing outwards, seeing the beauty of the world around us.
May we walk looking more widely, conscious of other people and their needs.
May we walk in faith, knowing that you are beside us on every path that we take.
May we walk in love. Amen.
Alternative Prayer for the Day
A contemplative breath prayer
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23
(Breathe in) New every morning is your love.
(Breathe out) Great is your faithfulness
A prayer that we might be instruments of God's praise
Ow, Fadda! Eternal Creator, the story of our relationship as revealed in Scripture with you begins with a hymn; a hymn of creation. Thank you for the reminder that chaos and darkness give way to order and beauty.
Thank you, God, that the rhythms of music are written deep in our spirits. Yet because “guilty feet have got no rhythm” we too often feel like we might never dance again the way we danced with you. We come to you now in the language of one prison programme, Changing Tunes, asking you to change, to shift the narrative of hopelessness often running around in our head.
Make us once again instruments of praise; instruments of worship! Retune us, glue our cracked pots with gold like in Kintsugi master craft; make us more valuable than we recognise. Although we may feel fit for the rubbish pile, you see us. You greet us – sawbona! You see… our past, our heritage, our people and you smile. Sit with us as we learn to sing again, show us how to sing in harmony with you. Nature’s harmony. Yes, Fadda. Amen.
Leon Dundas, Managing Chaplain at HMP Exeter
Tuesday 04 March 2008
"I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground." (v.16)
Isaiah 42:14-21