Yesterday, whilst I was praying without words, this prayer came to me most insistently. I wanted so much to go on being silent, but in the end was compelled to write it down.
NB: In the afternoon we managed a rare outing, so I made it into a slideshow called “Silverburn walk”. If you would like to see it, please click on this link: https://wp.me/P45bCr-e3T. Wonderful though it was at the time, it triggered a migraine, but that was inevitable.
Meanwhile, here is today’s prayer:
Come, Lord! (1 Corinthians 22:20; NLT).
Search me, O God (Psalm 139:23; NLT).
Come, Lord, search me:
Search my mind –
Reveal my sins,
Then I’ll ask your forgiveness.
Come, Lord, search me:
Search my heart –
Lay bare my coldness,
Then I’ll seek your warmth.
Come, Lord, search me:
Search my soul –
Expose my wounds,
Then I’ll entreat your healing.
Come, Lord, search me:
Search my life –
And though I’m nothing,
Make me more like you.
The Lord – who is the Spirit – makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image (2 Corinthians 3:18; NLT).
References
As we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world (1 John 4:17; NLT).
This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ (Ephesians 4:13; NLT).
We will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ (Ephesians 4:15; NLT).
Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him (Colossians 3:10; NLT).
Put on your new nature, created to be like God – truly righteous and holy (Ephesians 4:24; NLT).
God created human beings in his own image (Genesis 1:27; NLT).
We will be like him (1 John 3:2; NLT).