Here’s a thoughtful prayer reflection based on Deuteronomy 34, where God shows
Moses the Promised Land. It was written
by Jeff and posted on Philosophy Over
Coffee (see below for link).
Prayer Reflection:
To Be What We Have Seen
(based on
Deuteronomy 34: 1-12)
Sometimes…
…when we’re
paying attention…
…or when we
least expect it…
…when we’re
looking…
…or when
we’re most unassuming…
…you show us
something that we have longed to see.
We may be vigilant seekers,
reading into
the boring and routine or becoming excitable at the exciting;
wanting to
capture with precision and delicacy
a moment that we discern is just for us.
a moment that we discern is just for us.
We may play the fool,
backing into
a divine embrace;
stumbling
upon a transcendent promise;
no less
moved by what we have witnessed.
Regardless of circumstances, it
remains that we’ve seen it,
and it cannot be unseen.
You have
made it seen.
You have shown it to us.
You are the one who led
us—willing or reluctant climbers—
up the mountain.
You are the one who says to us,
“I have let you see it with your
eyes,
“this beloved landscape of mine,
“this long-sought destination,
“this craved place of blessing and promise.”
Now that we have seen it, what
would you have us do?
Now that we
have caught a slight glimpse
or been given a lingering vision,
we wonder how to get to the place
you’ve shown us.
It is too marvelous a place to live
without,
too
rich a source of life not to be shared,
too
wonderful a reality to be forgotten.
You lead us back down the
mountain—willing or reluctant rappellers—
because there is more to see,
and in one of your more clever twists,
we have become the guides,
the ones to show rather than be
shown,
the ones to help make it seen.
How best shall we move on from
what you have shown?
Simply:
forward, to be what we have seen
for others longing to see it.
~
written by Jeff, and posted on Philosophy
Over Coffee. http://philosophyovercoffee.blogspot.ca/2011/07/speak-good-prayer-based-on-genesis-1.html
