Dear God I pray
Turn my mind to thoughts of you;
Turn my heart to welcoming your presence;
Turn my mouth to speaking your praise,
to uttering your name;
Turn my eyes to seeing you in others.
Turn my eyes from longing for possessions;
Turn my lips from unkind or wasted words;
Turn my heart from apathy and bitterness;
Turn my mind from this world.
Turn me from dark to light,
from dreary to bright;
Turn me from busy-ness to purposefulness;
Turn me from taker to giver;
Turn me from overwhelmed to overflowing.
Turn, turn, turn me;
Return me to you.
Amen.
Lexiann Grant is a retired writer & author, a former chalicer and layreader, but still an Episcopalian who enjoys encountering God in the mountain backcountry.
