2011 Lenten Prayers using "writing to GOD: 40 Days of Praying with My Pen" - Day 6

John 1.1-5, 14a

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ²He was in the beginning with God. ³All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being ⁴in him was life,^* and the life was the light of all people. ⁵The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.  And the Word became flesh and lived among us.

I know you cried at the grave of your friend

I picture you laughing while playing with children

I see you teaching with authority

I read of your anger at the money changers

I understand you are God in human form

Yet I wonder

Did you ever feel alone when others didn’t walk with you

Did you ever feel sad when no one listened

Did you ever stub your toe

Or hit your funny bone

And if you did what did you say or do

It is easy to read these words and understand their largeness

I struggle sometimes with their simplicity

You once were like me

Now won’t you come and be

So present that I see you

As I struggle on this path

Take my hand and walk with me

In these times of uncertainty

Breathe your peace that I may be free

Of doubt, fear, and worry

To be your hands and heart to all those I meet