Easter Morning Prayer
Easter us You God who terrified the waters, who crashed your thunder, who shook the earth, and scared the wits out of chaos. You God who with strong arm saved your people by miracle and wonder and majestic act. You are the same God to whom we turn, we turn in our days of trouble, and in our weary nights; we look for steadfast love and are dismayed, we wait for your promises, but wait in fatigue, we ponder your forgetfulness and lack of compassion, and we grow silent. Our lives, addressed to you, have this bitter-sweet taste of loud-clashing miracles and weak-kneed doubt. So we come in our bewilderment and wonderment, deeply trusting, almost afraid to trust much, passionately insisting, too timid to insist much, fervently hoping, exhausted for hoping too much. Look upon us in our deep need, mark the wounds of our brothers and sisters just here, notice the turmoil in our lives, and the lives of our families, credit the incongruity ...
