A prayer of hope

Gracious God, make me a seeker of far-off things,long-awaited things. 

Find me steadfastly following,even in the darkness clinging to wild hope for an encounter with you--unbelievable and brief as it might be.

Should I receive such grace, I pray that you find me with heart out-poured,strengthened to continue on carrying in a new way your gift of presence with me.
 
Amen.