Travelling God,

Journeying with us

in our different lives

in our different communities

at times you are distant

leaving us to work things out for ourselves

confronting us with ourselves

stripping all our certainties away

as we take stock of where we are

and dream of where we want to be

sometimes you are close 

holding our hands over the roughest places

facing the biggest challenges together

or embracing us 

when the journey threatens 

to overwhelm us

or we feel we cannot go on

at other times you run with us 

skipping along when the path seems obvious

stopping to feast with us 

as our paths meet and cross and merge together

many journeys converging and joining

many different people 

learning to live along side one another

your living, breathing, loving, crying, laughing 

community on earth

For the times
when we have almost given up on the journey
Forgive us and keep us strong

For the times
when we have been too caught up in our own lives
Forgive us and make us aware of others

For the times
when we’ve made the journeys of others more difficult
Forgive us and help us make amends

For the times
when we have stubbornly gone in the direction we want to go
Forgive us and show us a different path

© Clare McBeath and Tim Presswood

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