You Could Pray Like This All Night

Emptied by the crowds, you dismissed them

choosing the twisting path up the mountainside

To be alone at last

to turn your face towards home

The Father came running

As if you were a prodigal

But the Spirit was faster

Igniting your heart

And coursing through your veins

Such rejoicing, delight, re-union

Not that there was ever any distance

Just subtle moments of presence amid human existence

But now, face to face, spirit to Spirit

Love like fountains intermingling

You could pray like this all night

And you did.

Grace upon grace

Joy upon joy

Kingdom breaking in

Just a taste of the fullness to come

When the three of you redeem

and fill everything to overflowing

But now as day breaks

There are boat battered disciples to tend

And a world to embrace

-A poem written in prayer with Matt 14:22-33

© Dale Gish 2019. All Rights Reserved.

This prayer was inspired by the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola. If you are interested in praying the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius with me starting in September, please contact me.