Meet Us Where We Are

for 1 Kings 19:1–15a


When we are afraid, O God,
comfort us with your presence.

When we have lost our way, O God,
give us a new direction.

When life feels too hard to face, O God,
be our shelter, our hiding place.

When we must live again, O God,
resurrect our broken spirits
with a great wind, to clear the air,
an earthquake to move our feet,
a fire to spark our zeal,
and with silence, stillness, peace
in your abiding presence.

Amen

Lament from Elijah's story

after 1 Kings 21:1–21a

land trampled

by greed

land stolen

in arrogance

land ravaged

by war

land sinking

out of sight 

people trampled

by greed

children stolen 

in arrogance

homes ravaged

by war

people sinking 

out of sight 

hear us, God,

as we cry,

heal us God, 

with your light. 

Amen. 

Asking, receiving, giving

1 Kings 17:8–24

for 5 June 2016 

Bring me water,

says the stranger at the gate. 

Feed me,

cries the dying man from his bed. 

Help me, 

pleads the mother for her child. 

Help me, 

pleads the prophet to his God. 

With humility and courage

may we ask for what we need 

from the Sacred Source of life,

and from our neighbours. 

With generosity and love

may we offer all we have 

received from the Sacred Source of life,

to God and to our neighbours. 

Amen.