Coffee in the Morning by George Mendoza
Good morning, good God!
I offer you this season gray and charcoaled
in the landscape of my heart,
etched by the chill of long dark winter nights...
I offer you this ordinary time,
this ornery wintry season:
waiting til Ash Wednesday comes
in Lenten purple shades,
I offer you this season
twixt the holly and the palm...
In-between,
so much of life is in-between:
in-between the time gone by
and all the days that lie ahead;
in-between the old and new;
twixt hope and disappointment,
expectation and fulfillment...
In-between the ups and downs,
the sadness and the joy.
the laughter and the tears...
In-between what’s not yet done
and all that's still unknown...
In-between what I hold fast
and what I barely dare to dream…
I offer you this moment, Lord,
in-between what's been and all that's yet to be
in this season in-between:
I offer you this day, Lord,
the only time I truly have to offer...
Help me keep it in today, Lord,
help me stay in the moment,
make me mindful of what is...
Give me serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
to change the things I can
and wisdom to know the difference…
Give me patience with the past, Lord,
and hope for all that's yet to come...
Help me trust you'll not abandon me,
not forget me or forsake me,
that you'll always be with me, Lord,
as you are today,
in-between what’s been and all that's yet to be…
I offer you this one day, Lord,
not yesterday, not tomorrow
but today, the day that you have made
to meet me face to face,
to challenge and forgive me,
to comfort and to strengthen me...
Give me grace today
to meet all those who cross my path
as I'd have them meet me:
with patience and with peace….
I offer you this season gray and charcoaled
in the landscape of my heart,
etched by the chill of long dark winter nights...
I offer you this ordinary time,
this ornery wintry season:
waiting til Ash Wednesday comes
in Lenten purple shades,
I offer you this season
twixt the holly and the palm...
Amen.
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expectation and fulfillment...
In-between the ups and downs,
the sadness and the joy.
the laughter and the tears...
In-between what’s not yet done
and all that's still unknown...
In-between what I hold fast
and what I barely dare to dream…
I offer you this moment, Lord,
in-between what's been and all that's yet to be
in this season in-between:
I offer you this day, Lord,
the only time I truly have to offer...
Help me keep it in today, Lord,
help me stay in the moment,
make me mindful of what is...
Give me serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
to change the things I can
and wisdom to know the difference…
Give me patience with the past, Lord,
and hope for all that's yet to come...
Help me trust you'll not abandon me,
not forget me or forsake me,
that you'll always be with me, Lord,
as you are today,
in-between what’s been and all that's yet to be…
I offer you this one day, Lord,
not yesterday, not tomorrow
but today, the day that you have made
to meet me face to face,
to challenge and forgive me,
to comfort and to strengthen me...
Give me grace today
to meet all those who cross my path
as I'd have them meet me:
with patience and with peace….
I offer you this season gray and charcoaled
in the landscape of my heart,
etched by the chill of long dark winter nights...
I offer you this ordinary time,
this ornery wintry season:
waiting til Ash Wednesday comes
in Lenten purple shades,
I offer you this season
twixt the holly and the palm...
Amen.
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