This week the Scriptures from the prayer book we use at Crossroads and our blog centered around the theme Crucial Choices. We end this week with the prayer Loosen My Grip, byTed Loder.
Loosen My Grip
O God, it is hard for me to let go.
Please loosen my grip on those grudges
and grievances I hold so closely.
that I may risk exposing myself
to the spirit of forgiving and forgiveness
that changes things
and resurrects dreams and courage.
Loosen my grip on my fears
release me a little into humility
and into an acceptance of my humanity.
Release me from the ominous fear
of thinking some sin or failure of mine
can separate me from you.
Release me from the dark fury
of assuming I am unloved
when the day calls for sacrifice
and the night for courage.
Loosen my grip on myself
for to reach out
is to know myself held;
to laugh at myself
is to be carried on the easiness of your grace;
to attend to each moment
is to hear the faint melody of eternity.
Loosen my grip on my fears and fretfulness
so that letting go
into the depths of silence
I may find myself held by you
and linked anew to all life
in this wild and wondrous world
you love so much,
so I may take to heart
that you have taken me to heart.