Nourish – Provide – Protect – Forgive
by Kristine Stanton © 2023Dear Lord,
O' be our hearts nourished,
healed, and made whole.
Please soothe and make quiet
our spirits and souls.
Provide for us always
with Your daily Bread.
Anoint us with oil
from crowns of our head.
Supply us with shelter
where we may all hide
from the guiles of evil
abounding with pride.
Protect us and guide us
with Your loving grace,
and help us through trials—
the ones that we face.
Forgive us each trespass
and help us forgive,
those who've aggrieved us
and were combative . . .
Through Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.
This poem was a finalist in the
July 2023 poetry contest
