We have been buried with Christ by baptism into death,
so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of God,
so we too might walk in newness of life.
—Romans 6.4
God, take, me, all of me.
Let the “me” to which I’ve been clinging die.
Bury me in your love,
six feet under in your grace.
Your living heart be my grave.
All my schemes and beliefs,
my triumphs and failures, all gone.
All my powers ended,
my powerlessness a nothing.
Then in the darkness, the silence,
let there be light.
Let a new Creation arise,
and let it be me.
Let me be something you are creating,
moment by moment,
by your Word alone,
breathing your Spirit breath by breath,
risen,
new,
yours.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
—May 30, 2019