Monday, January 03, 2005
Choosing
Dear Lord,
so much of what we do,
which road we take,
which life we lead
comes down to choice.
Teach me then,
to choose as you would have me choose,
teach me to understand
when to say Yes,
like Mary said yes
at the visit of the angel,
how Joseph said yes
when taking Mary into his house,
how you said Yes
in the garden
among the shadows,
the loneliness,
the grief.
Embolden me to say no
when the world asks me
to compromise,
when the pinch of incense
burned to Caesar
seems such a little thing,
harmless,
meaningless,
and yet, if I let it,
will open the door
to a bottomless pit
of dark.
Help me, O Lord,
to join you in saying to the Father,
Not my will, but yours,
until I can honestly say
As for me and my house,
we will serve the Lord.
Susan E. Stone, 2005
Dear Lord,
so much of what we do,
which road we take,
which life we lead
comes down to choice.
Teach me then,
to choose as you would have me choose,
teach me to understand
when to say Yes,
like Mary said yes
at the visit of the angel,
how Joseph said yes
when taking Mary into his house,
how you said Yes
in the garden
among the shadows,
the loneliness,
the grief.
Embolden me to say no
when the world asks me
to compromise,
when the pinch of incense
burned to Caesar
seems such a little thing,
harmless,
meaningless,
and yet, if I let it,
will open the door
to a bottomless pit
of dark.
Help me, O Lord,
to join you in saying to the Father,
Not my will, but yours,
until I can honestly say
As for me and my house,
we will serve the Lord.
Susan E. Stone, 2005
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