NIGHT PRAYER: Monday 11/24

Thanksgiving's just a few days away, Lord,

    and there's still so much that crowds and clouds 

    our annual feast of thanks,

our gathering in gratitude

    for all good gifts around us...

Our world's security is threatened, Lord,

    by terrorism, violence and war... 

Our body politic is poisoned 

    with animosity, bias, lies and mistrust...

 

Our discourse is soured by

    name-calling, slander, insults and slurs..

Our souls are sick

    with scandal, loss, grief and disappointment...

We're so much in need of healing, Lord:

    longing for the remedy of your mercy,

    the ointment of your grace,

    the medicine of your mercy, 

    the tonic of your truth, 

    the balm of true humility

    the recovery of integrity

    and the mending of our brokenness... 

    

Open our eyes and lift our hearts

    to all your blessings all around us, Lord,

to the gifts you send from heaven above,   

    shared with us for us to share

        with neighbors near and far...

Lord, reconcile us

    to one another and to your Father;

lead us to this Thursday's feast 

    with grateful hearts

healed, made whole and joined as one  

    in prayers of thanks and praise...

 

Protect us, Lord while we're awake

    and watch over us while we sleep

that awake, we might keep watch with you

    and asleep, rest in your peace...

Amen. 

 

We'd have to sing this song at least once this week!

 

All Good Gifts by Stephen Schwartz

    lyrics from by Matthias Claudius,  

        translated by Jane M. Campbell  

 

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We plow the fields and scatter 

    the good seed on the land
But it is fed and watered 

    by God's almighty hand.
He sends the snow in winter,
the warmth to swell the grain
The breezes and the sunshine, 

    and soft refreshing rain.

All good gifts around us
Are sent from Heaven above.
Then thank the Lord, thank the Lord

    for all his love.

We thank thee then, O Father,
for all things bright and good:
The seed time and the harvest,
our life our health our food.
No gifts have we to offer 

    for all thy love imparts
But that which thou desirest,
our humble thankful hearts.

All good gifts around us
Are sent from Heaven above.
Then thank the Lord, thank the Lord 

    for all his love.

I really wanna thank you Lord!
All good gifts around us
Are sent from Heaven above.
Then thank the Lord, oh thank the Lord 

    for all his love!

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