Meditate on the name of Jesus.

 Day and Night: A Meditation on the Name

(A Prayer of Remembrance)

In the Dawn,

When light first cracks the shell of night,

and shadows shrink from gold,

let my first thought beJESUS—

the Bright and Morning Star.(Revelation 22:16)

The Name above the rising sun,

the Word that spoke the day begun.

Before the busyness begins,

let this truth sink in:

“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow,”(Philippians 2:10)

including the knee of my anxious heart.

I bow it now.

In the Day,

Amidst the noise,the task, the fray,

the thousand things that pull and claim,

let my breath-prayer beJESUS.

A fortress for the mind assailed,

a compass when the map has failed.

“The name of the Lord is a strong tower;

the righteous run to it and are safe.”(Proverbs 18:10)

When frustration sparks,let Your name be water.

When confusion swirls,let Your name be order.

Jesus—the Way, the Truth, the Life.(John 14:6)

The pathway through the thickest strife.

In the Dusk,

As colors soften,edges blur,

and weight returns from the world incurred,

let my sigh beJESUS.

The Shepherd who calls the scattered sheep,

who gathers exhaustion,deep to deep.

“I am the good shepherd;

I know my sheep and my sheep know me.”(John 10:14)

In the letting go,the slowing beat,

Your name is rest for weary feet.

In the Night,

When thoughts race like wild horses,

or when silence grows too vast,

let my anchor-hold beJESUS.

The One who walked on midnight seas,

who speaks“Peace, be still” to frantic storms. (Mark 4:39)

When memories accuse or fears take shape,

Your name is the seal upon the cage.

“In the dark, You are my light.”

You are the Word in my endless night.

Emmanuel—God with me,here.

Dispelling every chilling fear.

In the Sleepless Watch,

In the ache,the lonely hour,

in the grip of a hidden pain,

let my chant,my rock, be JESUS.

Balm of Gilead for the soul,

the wounded healer who makes whole.

“There is no other name under heaven given to mankind

by which we must be saved.”(Acts 4:12)

Saved from despair,from hopeless end.

My Savior,Shepherd, Brother, Friend.

In Every Breath,

The inhale:JE- (Yahweh, I AM).

The exhale:-SUS (Savior, Lamb).

The pulse of heaven in my soul,

the truth that makes the fractured whole.

Day and night,a ceaseless stream,

the living water,the waking dream.

“Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly.”(Colossians 3:16)

Let His Name be the air I breathe.

So I meditate. Not just with thought,

But with need,with trust, with desperate plea.

The name that is“Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”(Isaiah 9:6)

The name that holds my past,my now, my far horizon.

The name that is my plea,my pardon, and my paradise.

Jesus.

Jesus.

Jesus.

Amen.