For what seems like a very long time a recurrent prayer of mine has been that God would "redeem, renew, and restore" areas in my life that I desperately need His touch in. As I've prayed this over the months, I found my requests expanding to include other areas of need such as repair, release, revival, etc. until one day I realized that my prayers were beginning to sound like an English lesson in alliteration! :) This past week I decided to put it down in poem form:
Revive my weary spirit
Renew my troubled mind
Read my hidden thoughts
Reveal each one You find
Rescue me from darkness
Release me from these chains
Rid me of all pretense
Remove my guilt and stains
Replace my tears with laughter
Repair each broken part
Resurrect my dreams
Redeem my wounded heart
Remake me in Your image
Redirect my feet
Realign my will with Yours
Restore Your peace so sweet
Recognize my weakness
Reach down from above
Reign in me with power
Refresh me in Your love
Record my name in Heaven
Remember not my sin
Respond to me with mercy
Raise me up again
Recover what's been taken
Right my every wrong
Relieve me of my burden
Receive my praise and song
Reassure my spirit
Remind me of Your ways
Repeat to me Your promises
Remain by me all my days
(J.A.P.)
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Beautiful poem... beautiful blog.
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Wow! Awesome poem, Jennifer! Thanks for sharing! I'm twittering a link to your blog so others can read it, too!
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