Here is a prayer of approach written by Rev. John
Harvey. It was posted on the Church of Scotland’s Starters for Sunday website.
Prayer of Approach
God,
before time began,
God,
after all time ends,
God,
of the present moment,
we
worship you.
Before
our earliest memories
you
knew us;
after
all memories shall cease
you
will know us still.
Out
of reach
of
the highest endeavours of science;
undefined
by
the deepest workings of our brains,
yet
to the humble heart,
the
questing spirit,
the
anguished soul,
the
quiet mind,
you
choose, in love and mercy,
to
make yourself known.
Before
such love,
such
divinity,
what
can we do
but
wait in silence,
trusting
in you
through
Jesus Christ our Lord.
God
our lover,
look
in mercy on our anxious lives.
Day
by day
we
struggle to achieve,
rarely
stopping to ask
if
our achievements match your will.
Day
by day
we
battle to communicate,
rarely
remembering to check
if
our communication is a channel
for
your good news.
Day
by day
we
endeavour to control,
rarely
pausing to ensure
that
first we are controlled
by
your Spirit.
Forgive
the frantic fury
of
our anxious lives;
speak
to us
in
the midst of the struggles
of
daily living;
catch
us now, we pray,
in
a moment of silence,
as
we wait, together, on you.
Gracious
God,
your
love brings
life
to dead souls,
light
to dark minds,
strength
to weak wills.
Show
us how to search for you
in
the midst of life;
help
us to believe and trust
that
no wrong we have done,
and
no good we have failed to do,
is
too great for you to pardon,
through
Jesus Christ your Son,
in
whose words we now pray together,
and
say:
Our Father…
~ written by Rev. John Harvey, and posted on the
Church of Scotland’s Starters for Sunday
website. http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/16290/29_September_2013.pdf
