Will they revive the stones

     out of the heaps

     of rubbish,

and burned ones at that?

               Nehemiah 4. 2

(God redeems

the unlikely and unexpected.

The walls of Jerusalem

lay in waste for 140 years.

Nehemiah led the exiles

to rebuild it in 52 days.

What can I do with

     this pile of rubble

     before me?

God stirs His creative spirit

         in each of us

for the restoration

     of this broken world.)

O LORD,

We are surrounded by

     a broken world

     and a mess.

Please order our days.

Anoint our time today,

point us

  and appoint us

    to acts of goodness

           and restoration

and to turn things

     rightside up again

with love an

Will they revive the stones

     out of the heaps

     of rubbish,

and burned ones at that?

               Nehemiah 4. 2

(God redeems

the unlikely and unexpected.

The walls of Jerusalem

lay in waste for 140 years.

Nehemiah led the exiles

to rebuild it in 52 days.

What can I do with

     this pile of rubble

     before me?

God stirs His creative spirit

         in each of us

for the restoration

     of this broken world.)

O LORD,

We are surrounded by

     a broken world

     and a mess.

Please order our days.

Anoint our time today,

point us

  and appoint us

    to acts of goodness

           and restoration

and to turn things

     rightside up again

with love and grace

    and kindness.

I can't do everything,

but I can do something

     by Your strength.