A Prayer for Elul: Waters of Humility

Imagine sitting in a wild place
on a hillside overlooking glaciers,
or in the sand besides the ocean.
Remember that feeling
of being one small creature in a large and ancient universe.

From this place
your soul calls upon the name of God
HaTzur
my Rock, my Mooring,
my anchor.


HaTzur, give me the strength
to hand myself to You, to let myself rest in Your arms.
Help me remember
I cannot shape it all,
that there is a point when I need to let go,
so that there might be room for new possibilities.

Let humility well up like a stream and fill my soul.
Grant me rest that I might listen to its music.

HaTzur, grace me with the courage
to yield to You,
to let myself recline beneath Your wings.
Help me wipe away having to have the answers,
that there might be room for new ways of seeing.

Let humility well up like a stream that I might drink from it.
Gift me tranquility that I might rise up re-centered.

HaTzur, gift me with the wisdom
to learn from You
to let myself be still within Your Presence.
Help me unfurl my clenched hand and take Yours in mine
that we might walk together.

And HaTzur, let humility well up
like a stream.
Help me to turn
and to return.