249 - For Guidance

February 4, 2002

Sharon Weissman, who directs the Jewish Healing Center in St. Louis, gave me an assignment last week. With a rabbi and the director of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, she is going to a clinic that performs abortions to help the staff "cope with the vitriolic words they have to listen to daily from the anti-choice protesters." Could I write her a special psalm?

Two Hundred Forty-Nine

For Guidance

My boat is small and the river is swift,
My passengers are fragile, storm-tossed;
Waves and tears mingle as we journey,
They overwhelm us with dark water.

How do I guard these lives in my care?
Only You can protect us, Divine One;
Smoothing the water, You set aside all obstacles,
In safety and peace, You bring us home.

Ensure the choices and enable my response,
Let us dwell in a place of wholeness;
Partners in healing, I lean on Your strength
As You guide my intention and my skill.

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