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from the abbot
I sit here praying for all of you - all of you with us and not with us. I'm not sure if I've been this "overwhelmed" in a while by felt emotion in prayer and intercession. Maybe there's need for more prayer for some reason. I don't pretend to know. Maybe I'm just feeling things more deeply tonight. I know that's true. I do pray for you though. I do often pray for you. Tonight I weep a little too. I let the Spirit pray through me.
We are family you know. Families have weirdness. We are a family. Families are painful sometimes. We are a family. I pray - I hope we are a healthy family - at least on the road to health and not another road. I can't pray that into being myself. Please pray with me. We can't pray that into being even together. Please "be" with me the healthy family we need to be.
You know this - we are more than a place to "go to church." My heart breaks in half to be more than that. I cannot be that by myself. Neither can you. That's why we do this together, the way we do. Let's keep doing it please. Let's not give up. I need help across this stream.
Father, fill us with your Grace, Your Presence, Your Life. Forgive us and heal us and make us whole. Love us and make us know that Your Love is real. I don't know what else to ask. Amen.
| posted by + Alan | 11:46 PM | 4 comments |