God, Are You There?

 The Lord’s Prayer

(A Modern Translation)

the Lord is my sherpa*

he shows me the way

over rocky places

crags and chasms

when i tire

he gives me

breath

shows me where

to rest and

lie down

he watches over me

though i walk thru danger

his hand 

guides and protects me 

he urges

and comforts 

though weary

i climb 

i see the summit 

i understand

my sherpa

my God.

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*Sherpas live on the high southern slops of the Himalayas in eastern Nepal and are known for providing support to foreign mountain climbers. Edmund Hillary would have never been the first westerner to conquere Mount Everest in 1953 without the help of Tenzing Norgay, a sherpa.