THE TAPESTRY OF A MOMENT - National Day of Prayer

The Tapestry of a Moment ( Narrative ):

There is a quagmire of tensions muddling the political, economic and social landscapes

of  America’s society. The events of today have pooled into the creation of a moment

in history. It is not hard to recognize that a movement, a significant birthing of a consciousness

is pleading for acknowledgement. The tapestry of a moment goes beyond the singularity

of one event impacting reaction. 911 was the meteor that stroke the surface of America’s freedom,

the Columbine, Aurora, Sandy Hook and others mass shooting incidents were mortar shells that ripped open communities sanctity of happiness.

The Afghanistan and Iraq wars have dismembered the lives of all to many of our

honored armed services personnel. The auto industry and wall street and home foreclosure catastrophes

are the open wounds on our free enterprise system. The many natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina,

the tornadoes that devastated Joplin, Missouri, and Hurricane Sandy are some of the occurrences

which have forced states and communities to  drastically survive and rebuild.

The nation is struggling to see its way clear of one event before another event rises to impede

progress. In our personal lives repetitive occurrences of significant challenges leads many of us

to fell overwhelmed. Many of us are compiled to seek strength and refuge in prayer.

The National Day of Prayer is May 2,2013. This is a day for people of all faiths in America

To gather at their churches, their temples, the synagogues and various venues and intently pray

For the country. The most powerful experience I had personally was a 24 hour prayer marathon.

I would like to urge faith communities to engage in a profoundly deeper experience

of a 72 hour prayer marathon. A prayer marathon is conducted by set aside a place

were people commit to be a scheduled prayer participant for one hour and thus continuously

hour upon hour. For us who are Christian this type of prayerful commitment gives significance

to the Passion Of Christ. Three days of intent holy focus I strongly believe is a greater sacrifice

of our hearts and minds to invoke God’s guidance and covenant blessings upon our society

and today’s world. One day touches only the surface  of our concerns,

a second day begins to usher in a baptismal like spirit  and cleansing for the right hopes.

And a third day holds the significance of a God  assured receiving our supplications and the impact

guidiance and change for ourselves, for our communities, for our country.

Our nation is in need of a Gethsemane moment of prayerful sweat and tears.

Thus I share with you a poem: The Tapestry of a Moment.

THE TAPESTRY OF A MOMENT

THE TAPESTRY OF A MOMENT

THE HISTORY OF A PRAYER

THE DOME OF REVERENT SILENCE SLOWLY COVERS AND SHIELDS OUR MINDS AND OUR HEARTS

~ SUPPLICATIONS ARE STIRRING ~

~ THE THUMPING, WHISPERING RENDERINGS  OF A SOUL ~ UTTERS ~

~ THE LORD IS MY SHEPERD ~

MY ROCK TO STAND UPON

TO PROVIDE ME CLEAR VISION OF THE DIRECTION UPON WHICH GOD IS LEADING ME

MY FORTRESS

PROTECTING ME FROM UNSEEN FORCES DETERMINED TO HINDER ME, CRIPPLE ME

TO DISABLE MY SPIRIT FROM ITS SIGNIFICANT AND MINUTE GOD CREATED PURPOSE

MY REFUGE

THE SPIRITUAL BOSSUM TO REST MY WEARY HEAD

~ THE GREEN PASTURES, THE STILL WATERS ~

MY INNER SPIRIT’S SAILS SWEETLY FILLED WITH THE BREEZE OF COMFORT

THE TAPESTRY OF A MOMENT

THE HISTORY OF A PRAYER

THE SANCTUARY OF INNER STRENGTH CHIMMING

REVERBERTIONS RESOUNDING 

~ FOR I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU ( AMERICA) ~

~ DECLARES THE LORD. ~

~ PLANS TO PROSPER YOU AND NOT HARM YOU ( AMERICA ) ~

~ PLANS TO GIVE YOU HOPE AND A FUTURE ( AMERICA ). ~

~ THEN YOU WILL CALL UPON ME AND COME AND PRAY TO ME ( AMERICA ), ~

~ AND I WILL LISTEN TO YOU (AMERICA ) ~

~ YOU WILL SEEK ME AND FIND ME (AMERICA ) ~

~ WHEN YOU SEEK ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART. ~

< JEREMIAH 29:11-13 >

THE TAPESTRY OF A MOMENT

THE HISTORY OF A PRAYER

THE SPIRIT AND SOUL SEEKING REFUGE

THE TEARS OF TRAGEDY OVERFLOWING FROM THE WELLS OF OUR DAILY LIVES

THE PULSE OF SORROW ON THE RISE

THE UTTERANCE FROM A PEOPLE BEING IGNORED

LIKE A BETHLEHEM DIVINE – STARRY NIGHT

THE EXPECTED PARENTS FINDING NO VACANCYS IN THE INNS

THE TAPESTRY OF A MOMENT

THE HISTORY OF A PRAYER

TEARDROPS BECKONING US TO REALIZE

A LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING OF ALL OF US

THIS IS WHERE OUR PEACE AND HAPPINESS LAYS

THE FEARFUL, THE ANGRY - ONLY GOD CAN RECTIFY THEIR MINDS

SO LET OUR SPIRITS UNITE AND SURRENDER TO THE MIGHT OF PRAYER

THE TAPESTRY OF A MOMENT

THE HISTORY OF A PRAYER

~ THE LORD IS MY SHEPERD ~

AND I WEAR THE FAULTS OF IMPERFECTIONS,
PROJECTED PRECEPTIONS AND JUDGEMENTS

AND I AM NOT ALONE IN MY REDEMPTIONS

AND SPIRITUAL POVERTY HAS ITS OWN UNFATHOMABLE CONSEQUENCES

YET

SWEETLY, ASSUREDLY

THE SOUL OF MY HEART KNOWS ITS ORIGIN

SO IN PRAYER ~ I CALL HOME

( THE LORD IS NEAR TO ALL WHO CALL UPON HIM )

( TO ALL WHO CALL UPON HIM IN TRUTH )

< PSALM 145:18 >

THE TRUTH OF LOVE

THE TRUTH OF JOY

THE TRUTH OF PEACE

THE TRUTH OF PATIENCE

THE TRUTH OF KINDNESS

THE TRUTH OF GOODNESS

THE TRUTH OF SELF-CONTROL

THIS IS THE SEARING IN THE BONES WHEN I CALL HOME

THE TAPESTRY OF A MOMENT

THE HISTORY OF A PRAYER

 ( LOVE IS PATIENT, LOVE IS KIND…)

( IT ALWAYS PROTECTS, ALWAYS TRUST, ALWAYS HOPES, ALWAYS PERSERVERES )

( LOVE NEVER FAILS )

< 1^ST CORINTHIANS 4,7-8 >

OUR COUNTRY’S LIFE

IS IN THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANES

~ A NATION  ~

MUST GET DOWN ON ITS KNEES

BY THOMAS N. CORBETT 3^RD

TNC3

APRIL 2013