February 8,  2021

BROKEN  PRAYERS

BROKEN PEOPLE

BROKEN  GOD

 
 
Who in the world came up with
the comment that we can’t have
distractions when we pray?
 
Then they add the whammy:
"It’s a sin."  As priest I have heard
that too many, many times.
 
We talk to each other on broken
and shaky chairs at times. We get
phone calls during supper.

David, a thief of another man's wife

sang his broken Hallelujahs, and sang

his lonely Hallelujahs to the Lord of Song.
 
We’re not God. We get distractions
and 5 cents says that God gets
interrupted over and over again.
 
So “Hallelujah” - God here I am
as I am -  “Hallelujah!” And thank
You for being You, every time.

And "Hallelujah" for your broken

prayers from your broken body

on a bloody, broken cross. "Hallelujah!"

 

 © Andy Costello, Reflections 2021