Brush me, O God,
with the feathers of your mercy,
for I am dusty with pettiness.
Day by day in fear
my heart collapses on itself.
My hours are gray with forgetfulness.
See — the coals of my love have already settled into ash.
Breathe me into new life,
that I may expand
in the amplitude of your love.
And, You who are all in all,
be all to me.
Amen.
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Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and put a new and right spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from your presence,
and do not take your holy spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and sustain in me a willing spirit.
(Psalm 51:10-12)