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MEMBER BLOG TAG: sparrow

Wednesday, February 4, 2009 2:12PM
 
A Prayer for Renewal
Tags: sparrow, hands, hearts, voices, fist, lies
 
You who made us do not grow tired of telling us who we are. You who made our hearts, and taught us how to love tell us why love hurts, why we cherish folly, why our hearts beat out of tune with you. You who gave us a mind to know the stars and the imagination to trace the wind tell us why they devise mischief and live on the street of vanity. You who gave us eyes to see Your name in every sparrow’s wing tell us how to see through tears, through pain through easy satisfaction. You who gave us hands to build, to touch, to heal tell us why when they are empty they make a fist. You who gave us a voice to sing, to praise with loving words tell us why we...
 
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