PONDER

The unexamined life is not worth living.
The unexamined faith is not worth believing.

Help me, God, to live fully, to examine,
and to believe.

Lead me, Lord, to ponder the imponderable,
to believe the unbelievable,
to know You, the Unknowable,
the Perfection of all Love,
the Infinite, the Timeless, the True.

Let me, by tiny steps of trust and faith,
and love to move forward through the dark
toward You, the Ineffable, the Infinite,
the Perfection of all that is Perfect,
the Light of all Lights.

I am confident that if I can live my life well, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day,
year by year, I will come finally
into Your Divine Presence, and understand
the impossible, endless, pure and perfect loving goodness of Your Eternal Majesty.

Oh, my God, hold me in Your heart,
keep me from pride, keep me from doubt,
keep me from despair, keep me from disbelief, but do not, I pray, ever, ever, ever
keep me from You.

Amen

(c) 2012 Donn B. Murphy
photo (c) 2001 Musa Sayyed

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