Our Lenten worship series “Everything in Between: Meeting God in the Midst of Extremes” begins on Ash Wednesday. That evening worship at 6pm is “Everything in Between… Intention and Action”. Below is a prayer from this series.
Both, Please
It’s one thing to speak of love. It’s
another to hold a newborn in your arms,
to sing someone to sleep,
to lean down and listen for their breathing.
It’s one thing to speak of faith. It’s another
to press your forehead to the floor,
to cry out in prayer,
to ask the hard questions and still
thank God for the meal.
It’s one thing to speak of the Divine. It’s another
to walk under a tunnel of wisteria,
to stand barefoot at the edge of the sea,
to hear the birds sing as the sun returns
and whisper, Thank you, thank you, thank you.
It’s one thank and another, so I pray,
Give me both, please. Show me both, please.
~Rev. Sarah A. Speed
A Sanctified Art