Daily Prayer - 01/09/2011

... a New Day Dawns

1 … the mountain of the Lord’s house will be the highest of all - the most important place on earth. It will be raised above the other hills, and people from all over the world will stream there to worship.

2 People from many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of Jacob’s God. There he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For the Lord’s teaching will go out from Zion; his word will go out from Jerusalem.

4 … there will be nothing to fear. The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has made this promise!

Micah 4:1-4 (NLT)

A visit too quickly over,

An embrace, and then goodbye.

No more discussions and catching up.

No laughter.

Just the haunting quietness of an empty house.

Loneliness (or is it the utter stillness of solitude).

… then the tears welling up over the pain of distance.

Soon a new dawn breaks open the darkness all around,

rising up to meet the morning sun,

turning the heart towards the mountain of the Lord’s house;

turning the heart towards the worship of the One who blesses the visits,

who brings forth, and abides in, the spoken exchanges,

whose love pours forth from every embrace;

who is at the heart of everything that is new.

A new day dawns. And with it a new hope for sharing of life, together,

again.

The Lord’s teachings are in the joys of togetherness; and in the pain of separation. The healing Word flows out to me; flows out to all the peoples; everywhere.

Divine mercy, love and healing: touch my wounded heart this day, that I may embrace new challenges and opportunities, and the wholeness of your presence. Whisper the words of hope: “… there will be nothing to fear.”; until I am surrounded again by those whom I love and long for.

Amen.

Rev. Michael Kirchhoff