"A" PR~YER

Oh Te~cher of ~ll truths,
Oh Tricker of ~ll tr~des,
Who reigned long before
This world w~s m~de;

Root of ~ll roots,
Seed of ~ll Seeds,
The Light of our eyes
Without whom we c~n’t see
That life is ~ secret,
So different th~n ~ppe~rs,
~ tre~sure to behold,
NO NEED TO FE~R!

If only we’d open
Our he~rts just ~ bit
Wider e~ch d~y,
Sowing f~ith th~t won’t quit
In the f~ct th~t You ~re
The Hider we seek,
The M~te of our check,
The De~l we c~n’t be~t!

You’re the Source of our songs,
The Hmm in our Hymn,
The Mir~cle of ~ll mir~cles,
Em~n~ting from within.

You prompt us to dig
Down to the core
Of the soul You h~ve given us…
And then even more!

Once we find You, You smile
~nd then poof ! – You ~re gone!
Prompting us to keep digging
To ~ re~lm f~r beyond
~nything we’ve known,
not out and not in,
not up and not down –
Oh, here we go ag~in…

Until we c~tch on
Th~t Your truth never ce~ses –
Not in m~rri~ge, nor in pr~yer…
AHH – You’re the Puzzle with no pieces!

And we’re the pieces of that Puzzle
That You so gr~ciously ~llow
To fill in Your picture…
Tho it’s ~lre~dy full, somehow!

Ok – gottit, de~r F~ther,
I’m now re~dy to request
Th~t You gr~nt me the one thing
You know I need best:

M~y I be a pure reader
of Your holy Script, so ~live;
M~y I d~nce to the tune,
Of Your Commands – ~nd thrive!

M~y I begin to w~lk str~ight –
No more str~y from You’re w~y –
Just follow Your ~lph~bet……..

Clinging first and foremost to the

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