Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Be.

"God be in my head and in my understanding.
God be in my eyes and in my looking.
God be in my mouth and my speaking.
God be in my tongue and in my tasting.
God be in my lips and in my greeting.

God be in my nose and in my inhaling.
God be in my ears and in my hearing.
God be in my neck and in my humbling.
God be in my shoulders and in my bearing.
God be in my back and in my standing.

God be in my arms and in my reaching/receiving.
God be in my hands and in my working.
God be in my legs and in my walking.
God be in my feet and in my grounding.
God be in my joints and in my relating.

God be in my guts and in my feeling.
God be in my bowels and in my forgiving.
God be in my loins and in my swiving.
God be in my lungs and in my breathing.
God be in my heart and in my loving.

God be in my skin and in my touching.
God be in my flesh and in my paining/pining.
God be in my blood and in my living.
God be in my bones and in my dying.
God be at my end and at my reviving."

-reverend jim cotter, prayer at night.

2 comments:

mpmckee said...

uhm.. what’s swiving? does he mean swiveling? isn’t dancing prohibited if you’re a good Christian? ;)

Sarah said...

nope. swiving = sex. :)

also, I'm pretty sure dancing is a requirement for Jesus-followers.

what else are we going to do with all this JOY?!?