NIGHT PRAYER: Monday 8/1

The beginning of August is always a turning point in my year.  Each year on this day, I post some variation of the words that follow... 

The first of August! 

Already, Lord?

Way. Too. Soon.   

(IMHO)

Once again, summer's slipping away,

    or so it seems as August's debut 

impolitely intrudes 

   on my favorite time of the year...

 

Yes, summer's far from over and done

    but I miss what's passed,

    wonder where it's gone 

    and if, somehow, carelessly, 

    I let it slip right by...

So, give me a love for this eighth month, Lord:

    open my heart to what's yet to be, what's still in store

    and waiting to take me, by surprise, 

    to places, people and possibilities

    past all that June and July had offered

    or I, in my foolishness missed...

Let this be the month the Lord has made:

    August 2022!

Four weeks unique

   in the whole of my life,

   in the lives of my friends,

   in humankind's history,

   in the mind of God...

Never before has this month come

and never again shall it return:
    - August 2022 -

a once-in-my-lifetime gift!

What will you have me make of this month, Lord?
What will you have me try and do?

What will you have me embrace these weeks
   and what will you have me set free? 

Where will your love lead me these days,
    what path will you bid me take?

How will you have me spend this month:

   August of 2022?

How might I make this a better month
   for the folks whose paths cross mine?

How might I mend, in the weeks ahead,

   the mistakes I made in the months just past?

 
How will you move and act this month
   in  my heart, in my life, in the world?

 
Open me up to all of the ways  

   your Spirit's about to stir in me, Lord:
      in my mind, in my conscience, 

      in my heart and my soul,
      in all of my words and in each of my deeds...

This the month that you've made, O Lord,

   - August 2022 -

help me rejoice and be glad in these days
help me spend this month in your grace
and come to its end in your peace...

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. 

 

In Your Time by Diane Ball

 

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In his time, in his time
He makes all things beautiful
In his time

Lord please show me everyday
As you're teaching me your way
That you do just what you say
In your time

 

In your time, in your time
You make all things beautiful
In your time

Lord my life to you I bring
May each song I have to sing
Be to you a lovely thing
In your time

 

Lord please show me everyday
As you teaching me your way
That you do just what you say
In your time

 

In your time (in your time), 

in your time (in your time Lord)
You make all things beautiful
In your time (in your time)

Lord my life to you I bring
May each song I have to sing
Be to you a lovely thing
In your time

Be to you a lovely thing
In your time

 

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