Keep me in good means,
Keep me in good intent.
Keep me in good estate,
Better than I know to ask,
Better that I know to ask.
Shepherd me this day,
Relieve my distress...
Guard for me my speech,
Strengthen for me my love,
Illumine for me the stream.
- Carmina Gadelica (Alexander Carmichael) from Celtic Devotions (Calvin Miller)
Read this through once, and it did not make sense.
ReplyDeleteRead it through a second time, and still not making an impression
Read it through a third time, then a fourth, and then a fifth, and each time I did the words began creating their own understanding within me. It would seem that if used as a mantra then the words create their own power. Awesome.
That works. Amen to that.
ReplyDeleteVera, I find that many of the old Celtic prayers are like that. Initially they are interesting because they are novel; it is only after I meditate on them I find them so subtly effective.
ReplyDeleteIndeed Linda. Sometimes we need to be reminded that each day needs God's care, not just the big ones.
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