A Prayer of Trust

 Just a simple prayer of trust based on Psalm 46.

O God our refuge and strength,

We need you.

When the mountain that we have built our lives upon

Crumbles

We need you.

 

When the seas that once stretched out far and wide

Begin to foam and swirl tightly around us

We need you.

 

Life has felt like a crumbling mountain 

Under our feet.

A seasick sea foaming at the mouth.

 

But, like the Psalmist writes,

There is a river.

There is a river.

“There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God.”

 

And on that river

We know that you carry us.

We see your reflection in the soft water

And we trust.

 

We trust in your goodness

We trust in the fullness of your love.

And we strive to be still and know.

Know that you are God. 

And we are not.

 

Though the mountains crumble and the sea shakes,

Though the nations fuss and fight,

You, O God, are in the dawn. 

You make all things right.

 

Amen.