Be With Us, Lord...

This poem kind of composed itself as I prayed this morning,

So much suffering, as many personal situations as there are people!! 

and one true God on whom all may call.

 Hallelujah!

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Be with us Lord, for we all have a daily cross to bear

Be with the elderly; with those cared for and those who care

Be with the mother in her home with tots to test and try

The parts of hearts that need more than mere mortal can supply

Be with us Lord, the young striving to keep their passions pure

Convict and guide and chasten pride, the bait of satan’s lure

Be with the child who teaches us how to be mild and meek

Help us be swift to hear and slow to anger or to speak

Be with those who are suffering abed, and those bedside

Comfort the broken-hearted with hope only You provide

Be with the lonely, longing-tossed, the lost you came to save

Be with the needy poor and needy rich who crave and crave

Be with our loved ones far and near; let Your kind presence fill

The holes that gape with waiting and the hunger of 'until'

Be with us so that we may treat our fellowman with love

And meet impending circumstance with power You will prove

Be with the head of countries, corporations, churches, homes

Be with the barge who bears the charge of yet unwritten poems

Lord, lead, guide and direct, where we are often unaware

Of how you intercede, protect and keep us in Your care

Be with all who are quarantined; the healthy and the sick

Be with those blind to time and how it cuts souls to the quick

Help us to learn to lean upon Your grace, faithful and true

To find the perfect peace you grant to the mind stayed on You

Be with each one of us, instill the powerhouse of Thought

Help us to trust rather than understand what we cannot

As we embark from where we are, on miles still held at bay

Be with us Lord, and help us with the cross we bear today

In Your precious Name we pray,

Amen

© Janet Martin

You will keep him in perfect peace, 

Whose mind is stayed on You, 

Because he trusts in You.

Isa.26:3