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Father Hear the Prayer We Offer
Father, hear the prayer we offer:
not for ease that prayer shall be,
but for strength, that we may ever
live our lives courageously.
Not for ever in green pastures
do we ask our way to be ;
but the steep and rugged pathway
may we tread rejoicingly.
Not forever by still waters
would we idly rest and stay;
but would smite the living fountains
from the rocks along our way.
Be our strength in hours of weakness,
in our wanderings be our Guide;
through endeavor, failure, danger,
Savior, be thou at our side.
Words: Love Maria Willis, 1864
Music: Sussex, Gott will's machen, Gott des Himmels, Marching
My Prayer for Listening
Each year, I choose a focus for my personal prayers and those that I lift up on behalf of the ministry. Last year, I asked for God’s wisdom; the year before, provision—financial and workers—for IRSM. What a blessing to see His answer to those requests, for which we are extremely grateful. In our thanksgiving, we continue to lift up similar petitions for wisdom and provision. (And thank you for being part of these answered prayers!)
This year, my emphasis in prayer and in study is Listening. As someone who stays quite busy, whose thoughts are always whirling with a multi-tasked variety of ideas, dates, commitments, and people, it is hard to stop and listen—to be fully present in the moment and listen. Listening to God, to others, and to the world.
