Lord, save me!

Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 by Sue Schlesman Start the Conversation

Lord, save me!

I’m sinking.

I’m not going to make it.

I can’t go on.

I’m drowning right in front of you.

I see your hand outstretched,

but I can’t reach it.

You said, “Come.”

And I came.

I defied the waters below and the pure impossibility that I could join you in your mission–

that I had the faith–

but I don’t.

The winds and waves are too great for me.

I know they’re not too great for you,

but today, that doesn’t seem to matter.

I can’t go on.

I can’t see how anything will change.

I don’t feel you.

Catch me, or I will perish.

And lead me again into following you,

even though my faith is small.

I know you are the Son of God,

but you feel so far from me

and my desperate world.

Amen.

“Take courage. It is I. Do not be afraid.”–Jesus (Matthew 14:27-33)