I hope this prayer gives you words to voice your disappointment and joy experienced in the past year and words of hope and truth for the coming year. Happy new year, Eugene
Oh Great I Am,
Timeless God of Time:
Last year’s empty box
Filled,
Slowly or quickly,
But inevitably.
With
Joy unexpected
Oftimes undetected,
Light refracted
From Your watchful eye.
With
People whose laughter and tears,
Whose voices and fears
Left a gorgeous stain,
Though some no longer remain.
With
Soul-wearying disease and disaster,
A dance of pain,
Grief and heartache
Only You can rename.
With
Fears realized, repeated,
Reappearing undefeated.
Worried ghosts cloaked in sorrow
Haunting yesterday and tomorrow.
With
Godsightings gleaned or unseen,
Strands of grace
Sprouting from seed.
Rejected or embraced.
With
Love reckless and true,
Star-streaks in wild blue,
Or dark night
Emanating from You.
With
Hope that tomorrow
Would quench
The fires and vanquish
The dragons of today.
God Who Will Be:
Now another new and open box
Yawns before us.
Begin to fill it.
With
Your Spirit overflowing
As cool water
Overwhelms dry places,
As a breeze touches our faces.
With
Grace undeserved
But well-served
Like a fine meal savored
And satisfying.
With
People unique, imperfect,
Scented with sweat and love
Imaged by You.
With
Music whose rhythm
Trips and frolics
To heaven’s tempo.
With
Words soaring and poetic,
Hummingbird persistent,
Brimming with truth.
With
Golden redemption
Of past and looming gloom.
Rock-hearts broken open
Receptive to You.
With
The miraculously mundane
That everyday exceptions
Stand in the way
Of our great expectations.
With
Images of Your Kingdom
Leaving scant space
For hate and blame,
Hopelessness and shame.
God of Now:
Fill us
With
Expectancy
Poured into open palms,
Received by thundering hearts.
God of Forever:
Fill us
With
You!
Here’s another prayer you may find helpful.
very good thoughts and photos!,…
I’d just like to add to the “Rock-hearts broken open, Receptive to You” line ~ (but it wouldn’t be poetic) ~ the concept of “Rock-minds” being broken open, as well,…
and, as usual, thank you very much for listening,… (-:
Yes, our minds need that too! You’re welcome and thank you for reading and communicating so well.
my pleasure ~ one of my very favorite Christmas sayings was placed in the mouth of Tiny Tim Cratchit, by author Charles Dickens, “God Bless us, Everyone!”,… (-:
I’m going to take advantage of this space to finally break into these thoughts on Christmas and New Year’s, this year, thanks to the person who just commented that it took them over a week to even open the post,… well, I’ve been “behind” in a lot of things since way before Christmas, due to “who knows what” ~ and I’m not even sure that I understand it all, yet,…
perhaps some main points to highlight ~ things seemed to be going a little crazy in the world, in general,… I had some ambitious projects planned for Christmas and family “giving”, that absorbed a lot of personal time, focus, and energy,… you’ll like this one: I finally ordered your reading recommendation, “A Wrinkle in Time”, and basically ended up reading it in one sitting (which was very unusual, for me),… then you posted some thoughts, both new and older offerings, that pulled my own mind and thoughts in compelling directions, that I really didn’t have enough time to develop and elaborate on,… so, I finally just had to put that all “on hold”, because of everything else, including all the seasonal music for church services, etc,… a-and, I’m an “old lady”, and “spreading myself too thin”, simply due to compulsion and/or enthusiasm, is basically a “no no”, as it’s “much too risky” in many ways,… “keeping on an even keel” is about the only way to survive and move forward, at this point in time,…
whether I’ll be able to recoup and express some of the things that I was thinking about, during the intensity of it all, I can’t predict,… we’ll see,… meanwhile, it IS a new year!,… and I do have a rather nice, clean and exciting feeling about that!,… I hope that “you and yours” are doing well, and I certainly do wish you “All the Best!”,… & amen,… (-:
We are doing well. The entire family was here over the holidays, and we had a blast. We’re recuperating now. I like that phrase: a rather nice, clean exciting feeling about it. Yes!
I have been thinking about you, and now I understand the silence. 😉 Old or not, your thoughts are always worth engaging with. I look forward to a new year of our writing. I’m glad you liked A Wrinkle. Keep going. Eugene
sounds great!,… God Bless!,… (-:
I can’t believe this arrived in my mail box a week ago and I am only now able to read it. How appropriate though that there should be time found to pray your New Year Psalm, this New Year’s Eve.
As always thank you for sharing the many gifts that you have been blessed with; especially your gift of writing. Many wonderful thoughts expressed here for us to contemplate.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EUGENE !!!
Happy New Year, Terry. I pray it is one filled with growth in Christ and the peace of Christ. I enjoy our written connection tremendously. Thank you for being an encourager.