NIGHT PRAYER: Monday 11/3

 

These leaves, Lord, 

    tired, faded, worn and mottled 

        fallen now and ready for their raking
catch my wandering eye 

    with the earth-toned burnished beauty
        of their faded, passing glory...  

 

Photo by MarkPenta.com

Souvenirs of summer's loss,
    keepsakes of a season gone,
reminders of warm days once passed
    in sunlight, shade and joy...

Their former beauty now
    but rusty remnants of sweet memories,

they still bear, Lord, your fingerprints

    whose impress never fully fades,

but endures 

    every season's change and turn... 

Help us find in one another then,

    when time and age have readied us 

        for yielding to your harvest,

help us see in one another, Lord,

    your beauty's burnished glory
        fading from our straining eyes 

yet waiting, calling, drawing us 

    to where leaves neither fade nor fall

        and summer never ends...  

 

Falling leaves abounding,

    once above now underfoot,        

falling, fallen leaves, around, aground, 

    all giving you the glory, Lord,
        for ever and a day...

 

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.

 

Stacey has provided a musical setting for some

lyrics she found - a beautiful combining of the

autumn season with the enduring power of the

Cross of Jesus... 

 

Waving in the Autumn Breeze 

   by Stacey Plays Hymns

 

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