Prayer of Waiting

(Dec 6, 09 – Kim Pierrot)
Gracious God, we are waiting for you.

There’s already so much waiting in our lives. Here at Cap, our children wait for Christmas, for snow, for a long-awaited birthday. And as adults, we await babies being born, surgery dates, and financial security. Some of us have waited years for the pain in our bodies and souls to abate, others of us are waiting to see how our children will turn out. Many of us are impatient to see loved ones who are far away, impatient for a break from exams and term papers, impatient for you to reveal the next step in our lives.

Sometimes our waiting is filled with anticipation, and joy. Sometimes the waiting is too much for us and we are filled with dread for what lies ahead.

Gracious God, we are waiting for you.

We wait for you to come and make things right in our world—to bring hope to the poor and needy, to bring refugees home, to bring healing for the physically sick and emotionally wounded. We wait for you to come and shine your light in our places of work, in our schools, in our families and in our city. We wait for your return to earth in power and glory, that your will would be done on earth as in heaven, that your justice would reign once and for all, and that all would see and receive the Prince of Peace.

Sometimes we think you are hearing and responding to our prayers. Sometimes we wonder whether our praying does any good.

Gracious God, we are waiting for you.

We wait for you to give us more of your Spirit here at Cap. That the community in which we live might be transformed by your Holy Spirit working in us and through us. We wait for you to bring us on to maturity as a church, that all the gifts you have given us might be evident when we gather. We wait for your word that you are bringing us through Jenn Ohlhauser this morning.

Gracious God, we are waiting for you.

As we wait, would you come and meet us. May we recognize You when You come to us.

Gracious God, we are waiting for you. Come, Lord Jesus, come. AMEN