NIGHT PRAYER: Monday 4/17

Today's my birthday and a dear friend of many years sent me an email including the words in green below, which I've adapted and embedded in this Night Prayer...

God, who brought everything into being,

today is the anniversary of my birth,

that day you beckoned me 

to enter this magnificent world you created. 

 

When I try to downplay my birthday, Lord,

remind me that it's the anniversary

of your calling me out of my mother's womb

    and into the world you created

    and the life you had in store for me...

 

And that makes this a holy day,

not because of me, Lord,

but on account of what you did for me:

    you gave me life, 

        conceived of my dear parents' love,

    a lifetime's span 

        to grow in grace and love of you,

    all these years to find you

        and to follow you,

    and seek to walk where you might lead...

 

To mark and honor this day, 

I ask for courage, Lord, 

to know that my birth has meant something, 

however ordinary I might judge my life to be...

 

Help me see, Lord, 

all the ways you've shaped me, touched me,

    blessed and healed me;

all the ways you've shaped and touched

    and blessed and healed others

        through my words and deeds and love...

Help me see, Lord,

    how you've used my weakness

        to support and strengthen others;

    how in my foolishness

        your wisdom still shone bright;

    how even through my sinfulness

        you revealed your heart of mercy;

    how through my stumbling efforts

        you worked wonders with your grace...

       

Light my heart and will on fire, Lord,

that I might see that I inhabit this earth  for a reason...

 

You created me for a reason, Lord,

for a purpose, for your plan,

for the mystery of your tending

to creation, to us all...

Thank you, Lord, for creating me, 

    for the gift of all who walk with me,

for these 76 fleeting years

    and your promise to be by my side 

        now and forever more...

 

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. 

 

Thank You For My Life by Ed Tossing

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