My Soul, My Salvation – a Simple Prayer
My eyes search
for the faithful;
they surround me
with love and comfort
all day and all night long.
They are the blessing
of God’s compassion.
The faithful allow me to dream
of the other possible world,
the world of God,
not of man.
This revelation of truth,
God lives within
as a nurturing Spirit.
Gracious Father, my soul suffers
for Your salvation.
I praise and love You, God,
yet I remain fragile;
I remain vulnerable;
completely dependent on Your Grace.
My soul is a simple creature,
one of Your creations.
forever climbing Jacob’s ladder
to attain a higher salvation
from this wicked man-tainted world.
I continually search,
even though knowing
where true salvation lies.
I lie awake at night
suffering in physical and mental anguish;
I fear for my isolation
in this disparate world,
awaiting Your curative presence.
I turn to the paradox of my mortality.
I search for the revelation that
Jesus brought forth the knowledge that
the human and the divine
forever joined;
not separated by man’s foolishness.
My true self dwells
with the Divine God of my fathers,
of my fellow humans,
with my very soul;
this is my salvation.
© Russell Kendall Carter