Prayer Before a Difficult
Task
from Prayer Poems for
Every Occasion
by Sean O'Neill
On this way
through the foothills of life
You, Lord, steer into my onward path
greensward and boulder, valley and peak,
broad metaled road and broken cattle
track.
In the conjunction of a million threads
of will,
here and now I face the fording of the
river,
the task that must be tackled to
proceed.
Lord, You know everything, the story and
outcome,
keep my wits clear and my mind sharp
to bend lithely to every nuance and
gradation;
Give strength of body and steadiness of
hand
and confidence that You are with me as I
strive.
Give me joyful trust in Your care for me
that I may broach this present task
with courage, whatever the result.
Your hand is at work in my life
to bring to fruition Your light in my
heart,
Your longed-for perfection and gentle
bliss.
Give me success and may it usher in
the glorious procession of Your kingdom.
And if my enterprise should come to
naught
let me accept, joyfully, my cross united
to Yours.
May Your precious will be done in my
life always.
(c) 2017 Sean
O'Neill, from That Fair Beguiling Thread
- Prayer Poems for Every Occasion |
For
many years Sean O'Neill was a leader
in a lay Christian community in
Glasgow, Scotland. Along with his
wife, Liz, he is currently involved in
offering healing prayer to all-comers
in his parish in the Diocese of
Lansing, Michigan, USA..
That Fair Beguiling
Thread - Prayer Poems for Every Occasion
.
by Sean O'Neill
Each of the prayers in this volume uses imagery
to express ideas and petitions in a lyrical and
finely-crafted way. This affords the person
praying a more heartfelt time of prayer which,
in turn, gives greater glory to God. The book is
intended for anyone who is sincere about their
relationship with God and wishes to express that
in ways that reflect their own experience of
life and the cry of their heart.
The book contains 57 prayer poems spanning a
wide range of themes, including prayers for
family members, for work, for driving, in a
difficult task, in sickness,
distress,bereavement, for an addict, etc.
The book is available on Amazon.com
and Amazon.co.uk
in both print and ebook format.
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knee before a cross at the river praying,
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