Bosom-Friend
Creator God,
Sustainer God,
God among us and
God with us,
May we rest
In Your presence today
And every day.
May we be mindful
Of the fact that
When the body of
Our Lord, Jesus Christ
Was given and transgressed against,
When it had its last
Shot of breath flow through it,
No longer did we need
His physical body,
That beautiful incarnate body,
Because now, our hope
Was present in the
Indwelling
Of the Spirit.
Intimacy was reached
On a new level
And You O Spirit,
Became our Bosom-Friend,
As Nouwen once said.
Like Cleopas and his friend,
May you open us up
To the realization that
A life in the Spirit's presence
Is a new life and
A life that is radically different.
Come O Holy Spirit
And tent among us
And make us Yours.
In the name of
The Father,
The Son,
And The Holy Spirit.
Amen.
