The Long View

A reflective prayer for Sunday...

Help us hold our breath a while
as we stand on the horizon of heaven,
that we may see the vision
that lies tucked over the edge.

May we stand close enough to know
ours part is but a part
one step of faith for the faith,
one piece of the whole picture.

May we believe beyond ourselves,
and beyond our moment here,
and trust the whole story of faith
from times beginning to times end,

and then beyond even that.
May we take the long view;
sense our part in the whole story of salvation;
our moment here, scared as it is,
is but one moment for the Good News.

But O, may we make the most of it.
May we fill it and unfold it
share it and celebrate it
that this moment in all moments

lives fully within your great work
towards redemption,
and indeed witnesses that work
in how we live now.

Let us be the redeeming
you are working for,
the transformation
you are moving towards.

May we hold our breath
on this horizon of heaven,
and let the vision of grace
take our breath away.