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    Chain of Souls

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    Dearest Father, there is a prayer in my heart.
    I’m worried and unsure, I stretch my hands to You!
    I’m a link in Your Chain of Souls, a weak but precious part of the whole.
    Your Kingdom is protected by a Chain of Souls.
    This chain is only as strong as it’s weakest link.
    I believe a link in this chain is broken,
    and I think that link may be me!

    Gracious Father, this Chain of Souls surrounds Your Kingdom, protecting Your gates!
    We sing praises to You, and want to know You better.
    But there’s a broken link in the Chain of Souls,
    and I think that link may be me!
    Life passes by and beats at the links of the chain.
    Doubt enters in and disintegrates the steel.
    Pains increase and weakens the chain.
    There is a broken link in the Chain of Souls,
    and I think it may be me!

    Holy Father, I have a responsibility in this Chain of Souls.
    I look to my left and my hand is tightly clasped to my sister.
    I look to my right and my hand is strongly gripping my brother.
    If I shake, they shake; what infects me, infects them.
    There is a broken link in this Chain of Souls,
    and I think that link may be me!
    Fix me, Lord! Fix me, so I can, in turn, help fix the links of the hands I am holding.
    Change me, Lord, so I can, in turn, change a life!
    As this chain gets stronger, we tighten around Your Kingdom!
    There’s a broken link in this Chain of Souls,
    and I think that link may be me!

    As I become stronger, my hand will clasp tighter around my brother.
    As I tighten around Your Kingdom, and step closer to Your Glory,
    my sister must follow.
    We are all linked by Your Grace.
    There are broken links in this Chain of Souls!
    Fix me, Lord! Start with me…

    — Jeannine Anderson is a Bay Area resident, and active member of Beebe Memorial Cathedral CME Church, Oakland, CA. 
    (c) Jeannine Anderson. All Rights Reserved

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