It’s the last Friday of 2011. Wow, that year just sorta flew by, didn’t it? We’ve been on a brief vacation this week, enjoying the beauty of the Cambria coastline in central CA with our older daughter and her family. I’ve tried to keep up with reading but am failing miserably. And writing? Fuggedabout it. But this favorite 5 minute prompt? I’ll give it a try as Friday winds down. Check out Lisa-Jo’s collection every Friday at http://thegypsymama.com/ And if you feel like joining in, go for it!
This week’s prompt:
OPEN
GO:
place in my hands the wonderful key
that shall unclasp and set me free.
Silently now I wait for thee,
ready, my God, thy will to see.
Open my eyes, illumine me, Spirit divine!
and while the wavenotes fall on my ear,
everything false will disappear.
Chorus
Open my mouth, and let me bear
gladly the warm truth everywhere;
open my heart and let me prepare
love with thy children thus to share.”*
Chorus
An old song,
filled with strange language,
yet speaking truth still.
This is what weaves its way
through my mind
and my heart
as I walk through this day,
wondering how to respond
to this Friday’s prompt.
The song is a prayer,
a prayer I echo –
sometimes hesitantly,
sometimes even fearfully,
but echo it, I do.
OPEN:
Eyes.
Ears.
Mouth.
And I would add to these:
Hands.
Arms.
Home.
Calendar.
Heart.
Life.
A new year comes, Lord.
A new year.
May I receive it
with
grace and gratitude,
with
hope and anticipation,
with
quietness and strength.
Open me right up.
Open.
STOP
*This hymn was written by Clara H. Scott in 1895. The text comes from Psalm 119:18 – “Open my eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.”