Would you like to know what’s running through my mind today, Lord? Now, that’s silly, because you already know my mind, but maybe it’s helpful for me to say them again in order to focus and find a way through them. Walk with me Christ through my increasing concern for the welfare of this planet and our insistence on dismantling it, through the deep sadness I feel for victims of violence or turmoil which they did not create, through my sense of helplessness as I read headlines about war casualties and the brutality of terrorist plans. Walk with me, Lord.
I pray that sometime today you will show me a green pasture, cause me to see and feel the texture of still water; that you will put me back together when I start to fall apart under the pressures of simply living.
For my friend who is experiencing a slow descent into dementia; for each fire fighter in California who is facing the monster and trying to save a home or a life; for that law enforcement officer who just raced by in the darkness, siren wailing, lights flashing, enroute to uncertainty; for the child who sleeps in the warmth of her bed and for the child who doesn’t have one. It goes on, Lord. It goes on.
Walk with me through this day so that when I get lost, I will be found; and when I grow tired, I will have refreshment; and when I want to give up or give in, I will hear your whisper. Love me through this day, Christ of God, in such abundance that it will spill over and through me and leave little blessings and signs that we have walked this way.
My mind is full. So is my heart, for you fill me with the courage of hope. Light is beginning to shine through my window; morning comes. Welcome, Lord. Welcome.
Shining Spirit 
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow ……
BEAUTIFUL. Thank you for this blessing. You put in words what I have been feeling as well. Thank you Roger for making a difference.