O Christ, you are our Rest - A Prayer

O Christ, you are our Rest

   among the possible voices that call out to us

      You have called us by name

to follow, and to come aside to a place of rest

To be renewed in our spirits

to be healed in our souls and bodies

We confess, we are prone to live life in a blur of activity

running, fretting, stewing

       Rest is hard to come by

You, O Christ, have called us by name, to enter into your rest

       Help us to cast into the hands of Kind Father our daily grind

To rely on a fresh move of the Spirit to watch over all we care about

      To be renewed in delight by your rest,

      And strengthen our hands for the work you set before us