Never Fearing Wild Things

We wait

again

for darkness to fade

and light to come

Jesus we wait, we wait for you.

We wait

for rocks to be moved

and messages to be carried

Jesus we wait, we wait for you.

We wait

for our chance to peer into the empty tomb

to touch discarded grave clothes with our own hands

Jesus we wait, we wait for you.

We wait

with our wounded hearts

broken bodies

clouded eyes

Jesus we wait, we wait for you.

We wait

on this sacred night

we wait for dawn to break

for hope to be kindled within us

for light and new life.

Jesus we wait, we wait for you.

Be to us a companion in our waiting

teach us patience

give us strength.

May we hold fast through the dark night

that we might arrive,

with all the saints

to that glorious morning

that lays just ahead.

That morning the reveals to us who you are

and who we really are in you.

This we pray in the name of Jesus our soon to be risen Lord.  Amen