Out of the depths. A lot of the Psalms, and indeed many of our own prayers go to God in the midst of those hardest and darkest times in our lives. It is right and good that we should call out in those moments, especially when we feel that otherwise we are helpless. It is also right and good that we cry out in joy and thanksgiving to the God who walks with us through the day of our celebration as much as through the nights of our fears.

The joy that we should find is that even in those moments where we stumble: where we only call to God when we need something, forgetting our Divine Parent when we are in comfort, the Psalmist calls out the ultimate forgiveness that God offers to us.

As we come before God this week, I invite you to take this prayer with you daily. Offer it in joy and in sorrow, at the rising and setting of the sun. Bring prayers to God, not just so that God knows that you are praying, but so that you become more fully aware of God’s presence in every moment of your lives.

Let us pray

Psalm 130:1-6

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications!

If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered.

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning.

From the depths and heights of our lives, O God, we cry to you in hope and in thanks. You are ever beside us, a companion by day, and by night, a light on the way. In those moments where we feel most lost and alone, we long for you more than those who watch for the sun to rise. In those moments when we feel surrounded and embraced by love, we cry out to you in joy. And so we pray that your Holy Breath fill the air around us, that your presence be a part of our very being. This we pray in the name of the one who walks with your presence and power through this world and through our lives. Jesus Christ. AMEN

Blessings,
Rev. Richard