Dear God - We are waiting today for something. For something to happen. To move us. To change our minds and hearts and bodies. We are waiting for something to help us make sense.

We are not good at waiting.
Instead we fill space with more.
More work, more helping, more accolades, more wallowing, more knowledge, more planning, more control.
But the more only makes us less.

Teach us to wait with patience and fortitude.
Teach us to make friends with discomfort.
Teach us that our time is not your time and waiting may be a lifetime.

Give us Rest from the waiting as
We lay our longings out before you. (Silence)





We know you hear our prayers.. For you are here. Emmanuel, God with us.
Our restless hearts, unburdened and unbound wait only on you. We consent to your presence and action within. We are still and listen. (silence)

Amen.

Go and be free. Allow yourself to be moved by the songbird and the willow tree. Go and be free. Be changed by the face of Jesus in the old woman down the street. Go and be free. Laugh at nonsense, luxuriate in mystery, loosen your grip and be free.