a blessing when the road is long

O God, I could not have imagined
that this road could be so long
and so hard,
yet here I am, worn out, body and soul.

O God, I don’t know what to do.
help me.

God have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Spirit have mercy.

The Lord says: stand at the crossroads and look;
ask for the ancient paths, which is the good way, and walk in it.
Jeremiah 6:16

God have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Spirit have mercy.

Blessed are we, the weak
who must set aside what we are carrying,
and begin to feel only the weight of our own being.
It is enough for now.

O God, blessed are we, who cannot go on,
but stand and look and ask,
which is the good way to walk in.

Blessed are we who listen
for the voice that is both thunder and softest rain
that warms and quickens.

Blessed are we, at the point of utter stillness,
that becomes an empty space for that voice to echo and build and resound
until it becomes a place to rest and receive and be made whole.

And o how blessed are we who are astonished
to find that God’s strength begins at the very point
when ours stops.

Fear not, for I am with you. do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, and help you.
Isaiah 41:10

God have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Spirit have mercy.

Come to the quiet. listen. until the sweetness calls you.

Jesus said: “I am the way, the truth, and the life.”
John 14:6