A Pilgrim's Prayer
Father, I have come to experience your love in many ways
As life’s pilgrim, I thank you for the spirit you breathed into
me — a wandering spirit —
For eyes that guide me, feet that
plod the paths, occasional sign posts when I have lost the way.
But most
of all I thank you for your love
Which has given my journey meaning and
direction.
You have blessed me with your divine restlessness,
Prodded
me from my complacency, urged me down roads I would not feel strong enough
to travel, supported me with fellow travelers who bolstered me when I
despaired, and refreshed and renewed me, when I thought my last step was
just that.
How am I to show my thanks for life and breath for eyes and limbs for
companionship on an otherwise lonely journey?
Why I, your pilgrim, in
the company of your Vagabonds whom you have joined me to, accept the gift
you have given me and promise to use them all as I struggle to grapple
with the journey out and the journey in,
The mystery of your presence
in me, in us, in my world,in our world.
Help me to avail myself of the freedom you bring.
never let me forget I am a pilgrim on the way home.
Teach me to seek you, meet you, and know you as I travel the way.
Especially I pray that you give me faithfttl companions
who will let me rest — but never stop,
who will challenge me in
my comfortableness, strengthen me in my weakness, support me in the sufferings
all journeys involve
And share with me the joy of traveling,
Seeking and finding our way home
together.
This I ask through Christ, Your son and my brother, The pilgrim and the way, Now and forever.
Amen.