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A Prayer for the Dawn

Some once said: “Learning to weep, learning to keep vigil, learning to wait for the dawn. Perhaps this is what it means to be human.”

Thank you for whoever said it, and teach me, I pray, how to live it.

Teach me how to weep without drowning in self-pity.

Teach me how to keep vigil even when I’m shivering in the dark.

And teach me how to wait for the dawn without the belting optimism of someone who hasn’t been through the night.

Starry-eyed optimist, or muddy-eyed, pessimist or open-eyed realist - God with us, for us, even if it isn't the way we wanted it. Happy-clappy is fun, works for a season, but God is with us, when all the stuff is stripped away, he is with us.