A Mustard Seed?

 

 

Faith like a mustard seed

Just a mustard seed, you said.

Just a mustard seed of faith to remove

the mountain of doubts and difficulties

which beset our often frail existence.

We readily confess, Lord Jesus,

that there are times when we reach out

seemingly in vain for that mustard seed.

And yet, if we did but think for a moment,

in that very act of reaching out,

we reveal the presence

of the very seed that we seek.

Lord Jesus we have faith in your power to heal,

but lack the self-confidence to ask.

We have faith in your ability to mend broken hearts,

but lack the experience in our own lives.

We have faith in your power to bring wholeness

into lives that are incomplete,

but hesitate to trouble you with our prayers.

We are like children, Lord Jesus,

standing here in awe of your power and love,

afraid to ask that which we know is possible,

because we are afraid

of the consequences of our asking.

Lord Jesus, accept the mustard seed

that we hold out to you, hearts outstretched.

Take it and the prayers that we offer,

and grant us the grace to accept

that our prayers are heard and answered

at the moment of asking,

by a God who knows our incompleteness,

and is working to make us whole

                                                John Birch