Be Here Now

 

BE HERE NOW

A morning prayer (for Advent, Thanksgiving or whenever...)

 

Be here now, O my soul.

Be here now, O my God.

 

May I be. 

Just as I am without pretense or fear. 

 

May I be here. 

No other place my mind wants to take me. 

 

Not work or the worries of family or friends, 

not what I have to do or where I need to go. 

Just here. Right here.

 

May I be here now.  

No other time my mind wants to take me. 

Not past for regrets or nostalgia, 

and not future, for worry or planning or dreaming. 

Just now. Right now.

 

I trust you with this world and all those in it.

(specific prayers may be lifted up…)

Thank you God.

 

I trust you with those I love and all they are going through.

(specific prayers may be lifted up…)

Thank you God.

 

I trust you with my own soul, all that I carry and all that I am.

(specific prayers may be lifted up…)

Thank you God.

 

Of all life and being, you are God.

In every place, you are God.

In every moment, you are God.

You are here now, God.

I am here now.

Kara K Root, from Receiving This Life