NIGHT PRAYER: Tuesday 5/3

I had lunch today with an old friend,

someone I haven't connected with 

for years and years and years 

- and maybe even longer than that!

 

What a joy!

What a blessing!

What a fool I've been 

(what fools we've been)

to have let all this time go by!

 

But  I'm grateful now for our reconnecting,

for finding again the thread that connects

and the trust to share from the heart 

those gifts that only come to life

when opened and shared with others...

All this time apart, Lord, 

- who knows what might have been?

But not to worry - today was the day

for rejoicing in grace, enjoying the peace,

of knowing again the gift of having a friend...

May this be the first of many such days

- and one more thing I pray:

open the eyes of my heart, Lord,

to gifts I've lost or forgotten

and let me not lose them again...

Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake

and watch over me while I sleep

that awake, I might keep watch with you

and asleep rest in your peace...

 

Amen. 

 

Tonight's song isn't biblical or liturgical -  it's Elton John -

who has some fine things to sing about friendship... 

 

Friends by Elton John

 

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I hope the day will be a lighter highway
For friends are found on every road
Can you ever think of any better way
For the lost and weary travelers to go

Making friends for the world to see
Let the people know you got what you need
With a friend at hand you will see the light
If your friends are there then everything's all right

It seems to me a crime that we should age
These fragile times should never slip us by
A time you never can or shall erase
As friends together watch their childhood fly

Making friends for the world to see
Let the people know you got what you need
With a friend at hand you will see the light
If your friends are there then everything's all right

 

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