Humbly we beseech Thee

Humbly we beseech You, oh Lord.  We call upon Your kindness, compassion and love, Oh Lord that we may fulfill our plight on this earth.  Years, they grow longer without You; nights terrifying with haunting darkness for we have wandered.  Though we wander, Oh Lord, You are ever near, always loving, always speaking.  Ego-filled proprietors of greed, we seek enlightenment via educational advancements disregarding our enlightened soul super saturated with true knowledge.  Prideful boastings echo throughout  the town while prayerful vigilance avoided as though it were a pestilence.  Humbly, Lord, we call upon Your name, asking for your guidance along such a darkened path we have chosen.  Light our way that we may see the cliff and not fall into the ravine, drowning among our selfish, pride-filled thoughts.  We beseech thee, Oh Lord, for Your compassion of the poor, for the sick, go not unnoticed.  We are poor, Oh Lord, poor in spirit for we are weakened by the temptations of this world; apathetic toward our fellow man we have forgotten how to care, forgotten to treat all persons with dignity as members of one family.  Our spirits, Oh Lord, they are low and we live wanting, wondering, hoping but for what, we have forgotten.  We have forgotten, Oh Lord, because we are sick, sick without Your love for we push it away causing our beings to be consumed by desires of the flesh, desires of the mind, desires which act as obstacles to Your love.  Self made obstacles, these things remain in place and the weaker we become, the thought of lifting these obstacles or trekking around them is enough to petrify the body thus complacency our common crutch.  Lack of understanding, lack of concern for others has weakened our constitution and yet to our knees we still do not fall.  Though we wander, Oh Lord, harden not our hearts for with each beat You call us by name; with each breath You speak of  Your unending love for our person.  Strip us, Oh Lord, of that which stands in our way of humble acceptance of Your will.  Be it our eyes, take them for the sight of the heart is that of the perfect vision.  Be it our ears that keep us from Your love, cut them from our bodies for the heart hears Your majestic voice in the midst of the most hellacious crowd.  Be it our mind, Oh Lord, seize our thoughts for in Your presence, Oh Lord, thoughts are useless; souls connect, bond discovered and love revealed all in awe of  Your presence.  You have given us, Oh Lord, all that we need to combat all that extends its sword toward our beings.  Help us to discern, Oh Lord, that while the fight remains, while the external enemies of complacency, apathy, hatred, violence, conformity, the lure of fame and judgment continue the fight, the real battle is within.  Let us remember our inherent connection with our sisters and brother, let us set free our hearts that we may be armored with Your love, Your hope, Your peace and share in the gift of fortitude, understanding,  right judgement, wisdom and prudence.  Let us use these gifts, Oh Lord, to fight the shortcomings of this world with Your unconditional love.  Love us, Oh Lord, as You have loved us in the past, may our hearts be set ablaze with this love and our hearts implore Your presence among this, our worldly fight.  Lord, we pretend we understand; we pretend our calculations are definitive, subjected not to the unknown; our projections disguised as limitless are mere hallucinations of the mind.  Your love, Oh Lord, can heal us; Your love, Oh Lord, is our guide for we have, as a people, Lord, lost our way.  Thought Your light can never be extinguished, it has, sadly, been hidden by the forlorn mind desperately attempting its seizure of the soul.  Your light, Oh Lord, can be felt for it offers great comfort, great warmth of our being to remind us that we are not alone; that with every step we take, there You are ready to carry, ready to walk, ready to hold.  Humbly we beseech thee, Oh Lord, that we may rejoin the communion of Your love as our souls intertwine with a rejuvenated spirit.  Lord, Your people are lost, Your people have forgotten love, they have forgotten hope for they have become lost in their own minds claiming territory of their soul.  Release Your Spirit, Oh Lord, that the path gets so bright that it blinds the mind leaving room for the heart to govern.  Humbly we beseech thee, Oh Lord, to look upon us with love and compassion, ignoring the mess we have made of this world for with Your love and compassion, we can fix our wrongs, making love our first priority.