Prepare the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight.
Prepare my heart,
O Lord,
and pave the way
for your coming.
Invade and flood
me with your Spirit,
and fill the space
you carve out in me with your own presence.
Every valley shall be filled.
Fill in those
depressions dug so deeply in the heart
by distrust
or desperation
or dreams that
only disappoint.
Every mountain and hill shall be brought
low.
Cast down those
peaks that loom over me
of pride
and pettiness
and promises
broken or unkept by me.
The crooked shall be made straight.
Make whole and
straight what is out of shape:
the truth that’s
bent by my little lies,
the troubled
thoughts that wind their way
so tortuously through my mind,
and the timidity
that deforms my heart
(and cheats others of my love).
The rough ways shall be made smooth;
and all flesh shall see the salvation of
God.
Remove the stones
that block my way
and make level a
path for my feet
that I not stumble
as I run to you!
--Jeanne Kun, Prepare the Way of the Lord
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