MAY GOD ....

May the beauty of God

be reflected in your eyes,

the love of God

be reflected in your hands,

the wisdom of God...

be reflected in your words,

and the knowledge of God

flow from your heart.

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©John Birch

www.faithandworship.com

Grounding ourselves in God through prayer holds us accountable for our actions and keeps us connected to God’s promise for the world and to God’s desire for our role in creating that world.  Our intimate relationship with God reminds us to pray with courageous spirits, clear minds, and merciful hearts.

Jane E. Vennard,  Embracing the World, Praying for Justice and Peace

HAPPY NEW YEAR

God of tomorrows, we thank you for the gift of a new year. Morning by morning new mercies we see. We bring our joy and anticipation. We also bring our still-fresh pain as we remember the ones we lost in the past year. We bring the sting of disappointment as we ponder over the relationships that have been broken in the year past. We bring the burden of sadness as we struggle to recover from losing jobs. And we bring our hope that you will help us. Free us, right now, from being identified only by the events of our life. May the God Event in our life mark our life, so that we might worship you this day in the beauty of your holiness. Amen.

–B. Kevin Smalls,