Keep me Lord,

as a candle burning

loves pure light,

between hope and despair,

faith and doubt,

life and death.

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Keep me grounded,

grounded in your reality,

and not the lie where wealth

and power reign.

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Keep me open,

that I might hear your voice

stilling me in the storms,

and anchoring me in the calm,

lest I should drift away unknowingly.

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Keep me hopeful,

when I stumble and fall, and

when temptation comes,

remind me that my hope is in you,

and not dependent upon my abilities.

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Keep me faithful,

even when I feel abandoned,

and you seem distant or silent.

Grant me grace-filled reminders

to sustain my days.

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Keep me moving,

that I might not become a stagnant pool,

so let your living water flow

to me and through me,

a spring of life welling up.

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Keep me Lord,

as a candle burning

loves pure light,

between hope and despair,

faith and doubt,

life and death.

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May I be alight with love for you, and for your world.