O Lord who holds us fast -
Your presence enfolds us, and we cannot flee from Your spirit. You witness our movements and discern our thoughts. You hem us into Your love and lay Your hand upon us.
You intimately search us and completely know us.
You meet us in the heavens and hells of our lives and firmly lead us in the way everlasting.
As darkness creeps into our lives, remind us that darkness is as light to You.
Search our hearts, O God, and pull us away from wickedness and toward Your wonderful spirit.
Search our hearts, O God, and meet us in our sitting down and our rising up…in our fleeing and our settling…in our thinking and our making.
In the name of the One whose care is for all people, we pray.
Amen.