Commissions
Ordinary Prayer
Jane Godfrey
Lyrics:
Here is an ordinary prayer
When your troubles take their toll let it reassure your soul
My heart longed for tending and repair
I was down in such a state, in a crisis of my faith
I couldn't see, insignificant as I am
Who'd hear me among the millions cryin' everyday
I forgot how to pray
Guide, bless, heal and protect today
No I could not ask
Guide and bless, heal and protect us today
Then I tried an ordinary prayer
I learned it from a friend in need with his heart upon his sleeve
His plea touched me, caught me unaware
There I was falling apart when I opened up my heart
And I knew it was so overwhelming
Through and through I felt the spirit tell me
It's okay
Then I broke down and prayed
Guide, bless, heal and protect today
No I could not ask
Guide and bless, heal and protect us today
God in your infinite wisdom guide the choices we make
Bless every decision, please bless our mistakes
Protect us from danger, guard us from our self will
Keep still the evil of strangers
Heal our pain, grant us strength to build again
You may take this ordinary prayer
I am passing it along, you can have it for a song
Send your dreams rising higher in the air
Where they gather up above in a prayer of peace and love
Here below don't you know we all need it
Just let go won't you listen and repeat it when I say
Oh God hear us pray
Guide, bless, heal and protect us today
Hear my humble request
Guide and bless, heal and protect us
Guide and bless, heal and protect us
Guide, bless, heal and protect us today
Jane Godfrey
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