Little Book of Healing Prayer

Lord, Heal and Help Me1Here I am, Lord,WoundedWorrieddivided against myself.Here I amNakedNumbexposed to you.Here I amHeldHealedLovedpassive in the arms of my God.2Lord, come as sweet, healing oilinto my weary mind,my bruised heartand my dried-up soul.3You meet me in gentleness.You come close.You take my coldnessand warm me from the inside.As my cold heart melts, Lord,let your streams flow through me,that I may play my partin the renewing of the earth.Based on some words of Ulrich Schaffer4Lord,I want to reach youand I try to touch you,but many forces jostle meand my own fears thrust me aside.I want to reach youand I try to touch even your garment,but they say I am a fooland I am filled with doubt.I want to reach youand I try to touch even the hem of your garment,and my fingers brush the homespun clothand I am flooded with healingand you turn and ask who touched youand I fall on my faceand you bend down, lifting me gently, and telling methat my own faith, that fragment of hope,has healed me.And you love me,and my life is changed.The woman with a haemorrhage, Luke 8:43-485Now my life is hidden with Christ in God;I am yours, Lord,for better, for worse,in times of hope when I feel well and alive,and in the bleak landscape of my darkness;in it allI am yours.Colossians 3:36Lord, cleanse and sweeten the springs of my being,that your freedom and lightmay flow into my conscious mindand into my hidden, unconscious self.7Gentle God, ground of my beseeching,you enfold me in goodnessand wrap me tenderly as in a garment;be my true rest,and make me one with you.God my Father, my Mother, my Spouse,let love be my meaningas it is yours,and keep me alwaysin the love with which you loved mebefore I was born.Based on teachings of Julian of Norwich (c. 1342-1413)8Lord,through weariness and hurt,through disaster on the news,through headaches and depression,I am still yours.I do not understand,but I believe that you are herein the dark places of human life,and that nothingcan take us out of your hands.9 O God, I am hurt and I am wrestling: wrestling with the self-pity that threatens to swallow me up;wrestling with my reluctance to admit my ownfailings;wrestling with loneliness and the longing to befully understood.Who am I wrestling with, God?Myself?The evil one?Or is it with You,my Guarding Angel,my God,who will not let me go,until I restexhausted but healingin Your arms,as Your sorrow dissolves my pride,and Your love penetrates my scars?Jacob wrestles with God, Genesis 32:24-32Ashwin, Angela is the author of 'Little Book of Healing Prayer' with ISBN 9780310249498 and ISBN 031024949X.