Lame, we ask for healing
Blind, we ask for sight
Deaf, we ask for hearing
Confused, we ask for understanding
Dying, we ask for life
We ask in confidence
because we know well the stories
of your faithful responses
to our unfaithful requests
But we know, too, stories that lack
the resolution of your answer
Stories that conflict us
when we try to speak of your faithfulness
Legs that cannot walk…
Eyes that cannot see…
Ears that cannot hear…
Minds that do not understand…
and death…ever present, ever threatening death
But even in these stories
we know your faithfulness is not far off
it is quite near, as you are
And so, in spite of our judgements
concerning your responses
we proclaim you as our Lord
For it is by that very proclomation that we
walk, see, hear, understand and live
Give us
legs to pursue you
eyes to seek you
ears to hear you
minds to perceive you
and life…life everlasting with you
