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Remembering and Forgetting

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I bring you
my heart,
my life,
my offering
to you.

You guide me,
lead me,
keep me safe.

You remember me,
know me,
better than I know myself.

But I ask you to forget
the stupid things I have done;
the things I have got wrong
even,
or especially,
when I thought I was right;
the right things I didn’t do.
See me Lord
and not those things,
make me more than that,
better than that,
living in you.

Forget what I have been,
remember
what I can be
and help me to live it.

And help me
to do the same with other people,
also known,
remembered,
forgiven
by you.

To You O Lord

Psalm 25:1-10 Psalm 25:1-10(CEV)

(By David.)

A Prayer for Guidance and Help

25 I offer you my heart, Lord God,
2     and I trust you.
    Don’t make me ashamed
    or let enemies defeat me.
3 Don’t disappoint any
    of your worshipers,
    but disappoint all
    deceitful liars.
4 Show me your paths
    and teach me to follow;
5     guide me by your truth
    and instruct me.
You keep me safe,
    and I always trust you.

6 Please, Lord, remember,
    you have always
    been patient and kind.
7 Forget each wrong I did
    when I was young.
    Show how truly kind you are
    and remember me.
8 You are honest and merciful,
    and you teach sinners
    how to follow your path.

9 You lead humble people
to do what is right
    and to stay on your path.
10 In everything you do,
    you are kind and faithful
    to everyone who keeps
    our agreement with you.

Safe – Psalm 25

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Oh Lord,
how I long to be safe,
secure,
sheltered;
to be in a place of protection,
that will never be shaken.

You hold your arms around me
and hold me secure,
known,
loved
and cherished.
You are that place
of safety.

I pray
that knowledge of peace
for all people:
for the lonely,
the lost,
the storm-tossed,
the frightened,
the running,
those with no energy to run,
nowhere to run to,
or no way to go.

May they know your peace
and presence,
know that you hold them tight
and they can rest in you.

Not Be Moved

Psalm 125 (CEV)

(A song for worship.)

The Lord’s People Are Safe

125 Everyone who trusts the Lord
    is like Mount Zion
    that cannot be shaken
    and will stand forever.
2 Just as Jerusalem is protected
    by mountains on every side,
the Lord protects his people
    by holding them in his arms
    now and forever.
3 He won’t let the wicked
rule his people
    or lead them to do wrong.
4 Let’s ask the Lord to be kind
to everyone
    who is good
    and completely obeys him.

5 When the Lord punishes
    the wicked,
he will punish everyone else
who lives a crooked life.
    Pray for peace in Israel!