The Musician's Prayer

For more than 25 years, I have had a beautiful plaque hanging on my wall. The background is a page of written music, and at the bottom is a beautiful pink rose. I love the poem inserted in the middle of this beautiful background, and I share it with you here. I did not write it. B. J. Hoff wrote it, but it has fed my soul for so long I feel I must share it.

The Musician's Prayer (by B.J. Hoff)                                      

You've given me the words, Lord...
and the music...
A song of life that's new and unrehearsed;
You have given me the joy that makes my heart sing,
Even though at times the tears come first.
You've taken all my yesterdays of discord,
A clash of cymbals, meaningless and vain,
Transposing all the noise into a love song
That floods my very soul with its refrain.
You've taken all the gifts I once thought mine, Lord,
And changed the composition of their worth,
Reclaiming what was yours from the beginning,
Returning them, transfigured by rebirth.
You've given me the theme for my existence,
And I will sing Your glory all my days.
For now, Lord, and forever,
be my Music and make my life
a symphony of praise.

Submitted 2008-2012 April Lorier, Godwoman