I know I’m in danger
But need not of fearing
If I remember
That I am nothing
I’ll know that danger
Can take nothing from me
When I feel afraid
I forget, nothing I be
And If I remember
I’ve nothing called my own
That will not be lost
At the end of life shown
That only what’s not mine
But God’s will ever live
And free me from false fears
With a heart to give
(based upon words by Thomas Merton)
I kneel at the altar
In an empty church, be
The warmth of Your presence
Here surrounds me
One of this moment
Of welcomed embrace
A gifting of now
Is blessed by Your grace
No past or future
No worries no fear
No desires or needs
Just to be with You here
Offered in moment
Of surrendering, fall
Found in sweet nothing
Our being of all
A door before us
Of opportunity
The Spirit of calling
Is drawing me
With a step of faith
The handle to turn
With my expectations
What will I learn?
That I’ll be blessed
With great things to do
Your beloved to serve
To be challenged too?
And then there is nothing
But to sit and to wait
Left with my thoughts
On this contemplate
To trust in you Lord
For me to know
All is in Your hands
And for me to let go
For all is Your time
Let my soul confess
A seed of planting
That You Lord, know best
For there was a time
Of Eden’s view, be
With no concept of
It’s my property
Of land and the sky
Of water and air
Abundance of gifts
For all souls to share
And one by one
We each start to claim
A piece that is mine
A wall we proclaim
For God gives it all
In the universe shown
In looking beyond
It’s nothing we own
For nothings a gift
Totally free
We have everything
When we share in Thee
Unpacking, unwinding
Emptiness know
Into the nothing
Here let us go
Just of the being
To Spirit appeal
Gift of the filling
Of grace to reveal
No expectations
Just one of the needing
Hunger and thirsting
Soul of the feeding
A joyful encounter
Beyond of the knowing
Everything found
In gifts overflowing
Let me share with you
A prayer that’s going ’round
If we truly live it
We’ll see that it’s profound
“Thy will, O Lord, be done.
Nothing more. Nothing less.
And Nothing else. Amen.”
Let my soul profess
Though difficult to live
Repeating these words be
A prayer to mold the heart
A change in my will, see
Using gifting’s blessed
In light of kingdoms view
In good times and in bad
Trust to place in You
DarylMadden 