Snowy Trek

A trek through the woods presents its own stillness but a trek through the snowy woods presents a purposeful stillness, a stillness offered as prayer:

A blanket of white covers the land; a blanket of white, God offers His hand

Take a moment for time lost in prayer; take a moment to see God is there

In this silence love His gift; in this silence let us drift

Into the arms of the Father filled with peace; into the arms of the Father anxiety we should release

For His love knows not bounds; His love it surrounds

Let us be still that we may feel; let us be still that we may heal

For the Father knows our heart; From us the Father will ever part

Here in this stillness let us find our breath; Here in this stillness we shall rest

The obstacles of the day drift from thought while the peace of Christ is intently sought

An opportunity arises, let us take a stand; be in this moment and take God’s very hand

A peace, a hope, a stillness, a love; a gentle reminder from the Father up above

New tracks through the snow and His love we will know

Our heart open to His voice; our hearts settled by choice

We choose to see, we choose to hear just as we choose to live not in fear

Rid we must the toxic thoughts of humankind; rid we must the hauntings of the mind

A new fallen snow, a gift that we may see; a new fallen snow that love we may be

In the silence of the heart we are called by name; in the silence of the heart we shall do the same

The Father’s name we shall call; the Father’s answer will settle all

The heart knows its home; though in our humanness we do roam

Yet with us the Father takes each step even in times when we have leapt

Leapt without purpose or thought; but leapt on the wings of faith which the Father so tenderly taught

Life in His hands brings a peace no measured; life in His hands makes life we can weather

So in this moment of stillness, increase in us a willingness 

To make this place our home; to call this place our home

Father, into Your arms we climb, into You arms we fall; broken and all

In this newness of peace help us our anxieties to release

That this moment be spent with You; that this moment we know what to do

Offer you ourselves without reservation

Offer ourselves in this moment

Be the offering He has given to us...stillness and peace in this moment.

Amen.