tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384120633540754798.post8310193443675945769..comments2023-04-04T05:26:19.787-06:00Comments on The Art of Contentment: Silences of God and Sacred Cows Part 1Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05986655550436264234noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384120633540754798.post-78002324477703326022012-03-16T10:34:48.670-06:002012-03-16T10:34:48.670-06:00Heather, thanks for this prayer. The words resonat...Heather, thanks for this prayer. The words resonate in me too. I will be using this!Hillaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986655550436264234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384120633540754798.post-46835687160435883132012-03-05T13:40:28.141-06:002012-03-05T13:40:28.141-06:00Our human minds cannot grasp the brilliance within...Our human minds cannot grasp the brilliance within his silence. He is at work, He has a plan, He is moving... but our inability to trust seems to SILENCE HIM. I know this all too well from my own wait for a child.<br /><br />While waiting, I often prayed the following prayer (thanks, Dietrich Bonhoeffer).<br />Hugs,<br />Heather VE<br /><br /><br />O God, early in the morning I cry to you.<br />Help me to pray and gather my thoughts to you.<br />I cannot do it alone.<br /><br />In me it is dark, but with you there is light.<br />I am lonely, but you do not desert me;<br />My courage fails me, but with you there is help.<br />I am restless, but with you there is peace;<br />in me there is bitterness, but with you there is patience.<br />I do not understand your ways, but you know the way for me.<br /><br />Father in Heaven, praise and thanks be to you for the night.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245244100961207013noreply@blogger.com