Yahweh
Shalom – The Lord our peace
We praise
you.
We don’t
need to tell you that our world is troubled
Bushfires and
loss
Wars and
rumours of wars
Sickness,
violence
El Roi – God
of seeing
You already know.
We don’t
need to tell you that we long for peace, peace for our community, peace for our
world
But even in
our own homes, even in our own minds, peace isn’t always to be found.
El Roi – God
of seeing
You already know.
Peace is not
easy,
Peace can be
costly
even for
you.
In these
weeks of Advent we await again with joy the birth of the prince of peace
Knowing that
in only a few months we will be experiencing the grief of Good Friday,
But you are
Yahweh Shalom
The Lord our
Peace
Your thoughts are not our thoughts,
nor are your ways our ways
nor are your ways our ways
Yahweh Shalom
The author, architect and perfecter of peace
With you there
is often a way through
A secret tunnel
to forgiveness
A hidden
doorway to reconciliation
An overgrown
and unexpected path to a new and better way through
Help us to
keep our eyes peeled for them
Peace is who
you are
Peace is what
you want for us
Peace is what
you bring
Our hopes
for peace are in the best possible hands.
For this we praise
and thank you.
Amen
