Tune: Taize Chant
('O Lord, hear my prayer')
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O Lord, hear my prayer
I know you are there
When I call, answer me
You meet all my need
Your sheep do you feed
Come and listen, me see
Grant strength for each day
And show us your way
You see hearts, every part
Inspire our minds true
To contemplate you
We not from your paths start
In meditation
Our soul's elation
For we find you are there
Your Spirit, He dwells
Each humble soul tells
That we Christ's image bear
And at end of day
In closing, we pray
Guard us whole (wholly), comfort too
Forgive all our sin
Make us clean within
With your blessings endue
Awaking to light
Lord, dawn on our sight
That we on you focus
To live live pleasing
To you in each thing
By your grace prosper us
Evangelising
Your gospel to bring
To those who not know you
Your life, salvation
The proclamation
And your forgiveness too
Comforting Spirit
The way you have lit
So we be witnesses
Committed to you
Share strength, solace too
So others share in bliss
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'Comfort' can mean in the sense of 'strengthen'
as well as 'solace'.
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: September 7th, 2018 01:47
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 5.5.6. 5.5.6. metre. I added to this. I was going to end with verse 4 'And at end of day...'. Then added verse 5 'waking up to the next day'. Then added verse 6 'Going out and evangelising'. Then the poem title came to me, and I added verse 7, some more about 'comfort'.
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Comments4
Super write Orchi, and those Taize chants are mesmerising.
Just one minor thing in the second stanza should the "we" in the last line be "we're".
Thanks Gold. I think it could be 'We'll' ('We shall' or 'We will'). And 'start' is in the sense of 'not departing from'.
I've got a committed comforter - it's called a thumb.
Oh lol, thanks Michael. 'Comfort' in a one sense can mean a kick up to the ******. A Psalm says 'Your rod (to prod us on) and staff (to hook us back into line) comfort me', cos we are sheep. Baaaa!
Funny, funny, funny the two of you..............
I liked your "definition" at the end - it's so true that when we're down - if we live through it - we come out stronger don't we.........
Thanks Lorna.
Maybe I'm wrong...... maybe we're not "stronger" ......... just numb from the experiences........ ha!
I think it's true Lorna, in some (most?) cases though. We emerge stronger, as the saying goes - or do we fall to bits?! Or sometimes a bit stronger at least.
Thanks STEVE ~ Love it when you think outside the A & M BOX ! Love TAIZE it always lifts me into the SPIRITUAL DIMENSION ~ we do have them in Essex in various Christian Denominations it is a very ECUMENICAL form of WORSHIP. Often we incorporate verses in other LANGUAGES ~ European ~ Eastern ~ Asian & African. Love the POEM ~ like the TAIZE it was endless but never monotonous
O LORD hear my Prayer
I know you are there .......... !
Great opening ~ Thanks for caring ~ Heavenly Blessings BRIAN 😎 & ANGELA 🧡
Thanks Brian. More A than M, of A& M? heehee. I suppose I grew up with more of the A (Ancient) due to my exceeding age!
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