prayer for a stranger

I saw you stagger, hesitate

almost fall

as you stepped slowly

on the dusty red sand road

just outside our gates

you passed first one direction

then the other

and back yet again

while some laughed

and jeered

saying you were drunk

others believed you were blind

and only one

stepped out to help

giving you a long stick

to help you walk

I pray tonight

that if you have a home

you found your way there

unharmed and whole

I pray tonight

that when you fall

it will be into arms

that have waited long 

to embrace you

I pray tonight

knowing there is a God

Who loves you

in your confusion

blindness, despair

Who never loses sight of you

even when you can not see

no matter how lost you are

I pray tonight for you

for me

for the scoffers

for His mercy

and His grace

to drench us all

and leave us shining

with His love