TOUCH ME
by Ted Loder
COME, LORD GOD,
TOUCH ME WITH LOVE, LIFE GIVING AS LIGHT
to quiet my anger a little and gentle my desperation;
to soften my fears some and gentle my cynicism,
to wipe away my tears from my eyes
and ease the pains in my body and soul;
to reconcile me to myself, and then to people
around me and then nation to nation
that none shall learn from war anymore,
but turn to feed the hungry, house the
homeless and care compassionately
for the least of our brothers and sisters.
RESHAPE ME IN YOUR WHOLENESS
TO BE A HEALING PERSON, LORD!
COME, LORD JESUS,
EXPAND ME BY YOUR POWER, LIFE GENERATING AS THE SEA,
to accept and use my power to do something
I believe in and be something more
of who I mean to be and can be:
to inspire me to dream and move, sweat and
sing,fail and laugh, cuss and create;
to link my passion with courage, my hope with
discipline, my love with persistence;
to enable me to learn from difficulties, grow in
adversities,gain wisdom from defeats,
perspectives from disappointments,
gracefulness from crises, and find joy
in simply living it fully.
RELEASE ME THROUGH YOUR POWER
TO BE A POWERFUL PERSON, LORD!
COME, LORD JESUS, STARTLE ME WITH YOUR PRESENCE,
LIFE SUSTAINING AS THE AIR
to open my heart to praise you;
to open my mind to attend to you
to open my spirit to worship you;
OPEN ME TO LIVE MY LIFE
AS AUTHENTICALLY AND BOLDLY AS YOU LIVED YOURS!
COME LORD JESUS,
BE WITH ME in MY LONGING;
COME, STAY WITH ME in MY NEEDING;
COME GO WITH ME in MY DOING;
COME, STRUGGLE WITH ME in MY SEARCHING
COME, REJOICE WITH ME in MY LOVING.
