Pause for Prayer: SATURDAY 9/23

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Slow me down, Lord…

Sit me down 

and sit right by my side

until I've settled down inside

and begun to find the peace I need,

the peace that only you can give...

 

Temper me, Lord, with autumn days:

this season in between the seasons

of summer's heat and winter's ice... 

Temper me with days sublime:

the sun's warmth upon my face

while cool breezes brush my cheek,

waking me to all the ways 

you touch my life, my heart...

Temper me that I might find your beauty

in the loss of green, the letting go of leaves aflutter,

spiraling down to sleep the winter months

'neath snowy blankets, layered lovingly by you...

Temper me this fall for winter's journey, Lord,

until in spring you warm the earth again

and waken to new life the green 

that brings new hope to earth

and to my soul...

Temper me this fall, Lord,

ready me for what in winter waits:

cover me in layers of your grace,

protecting and preparing me

for seasons and for gifts I don't yet know…

And for now, Lord,

slow me down, sit me down  

and sit right by my side

until I've settled down inside 

and begun to find the peace I need, 

the peace that only you can give...  

Amen.

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