God of Wilderness and Mountain …       From: Rev Dr Fei Taule’ale’ausumai   

                                                                               Minister: St Andrew’s on the Terrace New Zealend

God of wilderness and mountain,

you call us out

not always with a map,

not always with a clear horizon.

Sometimes we step forward with certainty,

sandals firm on familiar ground.

But more often

we move with trembling,

leaning into the unknown

where your voice is only a whisper

in the wind.

It is the not knowing

that tightens our grip,

that makes the journey long

yet still we go.

Through valleys shadowed and deep,

through heights where the air is thin

and the sky feels close enough to touch,

we walk with you.

This is the season of Lent:

forty days of wandering hearts,

forty days of listening

for who we are

and who we are still becoming.

You call us like Abraham

to leave what is settled,

to step toward promise

we cannot yet see.

We walk out in hope,

trusting a future

held in your hands,

believing that even uncertainty is a holy place.