For Waiting in the Wilderness
This was the first reading during worship on the first Sunday of Lent 2019:
This is the wilderness time,
when every path is obscure
and thorns have grown around the words of hope.
Be the wings of our strength, O God,
in this time of wilderness waiting.
This is the time of stone, not bread,
when even the sunrise feels uncertain
and everything tastes of bitterness.
Be the Wings of our strength, O God,
in this time of wilderness waiting.
This is the time of ashes and dust,
when darkness clothes our dreams
and no star shines a guiding light.
Be the wings of our strength, O God,
in this time of wilderness waiting.
This is the time of treading life,
waiting for the swells to subside
and for the chaos to clear.
Be the wings of our strength, O God,
in this time of wilderness waiting.
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Keri Wehlander
Photo by Brian Rope
St Margaret’s News
4
March 2019