24. March 2011 by Rose Southwell.

God of the darkness of morning.

            The birds sing like angles welcoming in the light.

Is your light coming God?

            Will the darkness be pushed away?

As the great light you placed in the heavens to guide us creeps over the horizon

            The chill of the sprits breath caresses my face.

Help me to know you are near to me.

Make me like the morning song that welcomes you in

Blind my fears with your good light

Warm my soul

Bless this day with your presence

            Remind me to lean on your Sprit.

Hold me in your presences all day long

            SO that I might show the world your Light in me.

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24. March 2011 by Rose Southwell.

God who hears,

            Who knows more than we can know

                        Whose ways are mysterious.

Thank you for allowing us to dare to approach your thrown.

Thank you for the gift to speak in your presences.

                        Thank you for hearing our cries.

I step into the ever flowing river of prayer now Lord,

            With the saints of this world

                        My siblings in Christ all over the world.

Thank you Oh God.

                                                                                     Help us Oh God.

                                           Guide us Oh God.

Forgive us Oh God.

                                                                                                                        Teach us Oh God.

                                                            Rescue us Oh God.

Show us once more that we need only you.

            Help us to keep our eyes fixed on you.

Love us once more.

                        Amen.  

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24. March 2011 by Rose Southwell.

Artist of Grace,

            Paint me into your canvas,

            Allow me but a small stroke in your masterpiece.

Color me with your hues,

            Dip me in your waters of life.

Mix me into a shade of newness,

            That I might be the work of your unique hands.

Take my dark pigments away from me,

            And lighten my sole with your pure white.

Remove from me the colored stains of my past,

            And replace it with a tint that is pleasing to your eye.

Do not make me dye

That infuses to the fabric of sin.

Do not let this portrait be left unfinished

Please Oh Great Artisans,

Slather the shades of grace into my life.

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24. March 2011 by Rose Southwell.

Oh God, I feel silenced by my shock.

                I try and hold onto the memories of your steadfast love,

                                But I fail.

My guts turn within my belly, and my eyes build up with tears.

                Why… why is this happing to me again

HAVE I NOT PROVEN MYSELF TO YOU?!?!

                Have I not paid my dues?

                Did I not fight for your justice?

                                For your church?

Why did I show grace?

 Why did I show Grace when I feel you have given me none?

                What did I do to derive this from you!?

                Where is your love now?

                Where in your peace?

Where are you now, have you not seen?

When will I leave this desert journey?

                When is the exodus for my pain?

                How deeply must I grown and wail before you hear me?

                How long, O God? How long will I be tormented by your calling?

Is this my cross to bear?

                Is this what you want from me!?

Have I not yet proven my Love?

Have I not yet paid my debt for my sins?

Was not my debt paid on the cross?

                Will I too have to be sacrificed by this crowed?

Must I to face my judgment in silence as Christ did?

When will you come to me Oh God?

                When will to swoop in and rescue me?

                Do you even know that I am here?

Cannot your light shine in the darkness?

Or have you forgotten me?

When will you comfort me God?

                Will you see my pain?

                Will you hold me in the pit?

                Will you fill me with peace?

Will I again know your love?

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