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While searching for ‘dry wilderness’ on my go-to online prayer resource – the treasure trove, re-worship.blogspot.com – I found this call to worship by Rev. Nathan Decker.
It is inspired by Isaiah 35 and recognizes both the reality and pain of the wilderness experience and our sustaining hope in God for a life beyond the wilderness.
Call to Worship
(inspired by Isaiah 35: 1-10)
Too long have we walked this dry desert wilderness
searching for salvation.
We’ve drunk the cup of sorrow,
burned our feet upon the sands of misery,
and watched as our children were devoured
by jackals, lions, and beasts.
“Be Strong! Do not fear! Here is our God!
God will come and save you!”
Today, we walk in the Holy Way,
the highway of the wise!
Where the lame leap as deer!
Where grateful blind eyes see colors!
And the speechless sing out to our merciful Lord!
Blessed be the Lord our God!
Praise the Lord, O Zion!
written by the Rev. Nathan Decker, and posted on the Discipleship Ministries website of the United Methodist Church in the US.
Tips on searching re-worship blog
The search box on the website is very powerful. Type in a string of keywords to find posts that contain all the words you’ve specified. To exclude words like ‘index’ or ‘resource’ (handy lists of posts arranged by type or theme), add -[keyword] to the search box, e.g. -index -resource, and those posts will be filtered out.
Also check out Christine Longhurst’s tips on How to use the re:worship blog.
From the Prayer Matters blog:
also see Call of the wild ones and Wild animal praise