Into God's Hands

"Hope means to keep living
amid desperation
and to keep humming
in the darkness
Hope is knowing that there is love,
it is trust in tomorrow
it is falling asleep
and waking again
when the sun rises.
In the midst of a gale at sea,
it is to discover land.
In tje eyes of another
it is to see that you are understood...
As long as there is still hope
There will also be prayer...
and you will be held
in God's hands."

Henri J. M. Nouwen
"With Open Hands"

In Your Hands

Lover of our souls, we surrender our circumstances and ourselves to you once again. Into your hands we place our hopes and dreams and our fears and failures. Into your hands we place the thoughts of our minds and the meanderings of our spirit. Into your hands we place our body temple grateful that you have breathed on us the breath of life. We trust to your care the substance of our concerns.

Be now, our advocate before the Father as we confess and seek forgiveness of sin. Help us to look with eyes of faith to see you working behind the scenes, even when we see things that shake the foundation of that faith. In Your name, Amen

VMM