Monday Morning Offering: 6/8

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Good morning, good God! 

I offer you my praise, Lord,
    for the universe and all it holds,
the sun and moon and stars
    and the planet I call home...

All I have, am and hope to be
    is blessing, grace and gift:
        crafted in your wisdom,
        shaped by your hand
        and offered for the taking...

Though my thoughts may come and go, Lord,

    there's not one passes through my mind
        but your'e the first to know it...

I try to keep some secrets
    but all of my desires
        are laid bare before your eyes...

No pain, no hurt can bruise my heart
    without it touching first, Lord,
        your own heart's love for me...

No burden weighs upon me,
    that you don't reach to lighten,
        lift up and help me carry...

No grief has ever pierced my soul
    without your gentle, blessing hand
        reaching out to heal me...

It's only by your grace, Lord,
    that I'm here to pray this day,
trusting that you're with me,
    beside me to protect me..

I praise you for this mystery
    that you, eternal God,
have time and love
    to spare for me,
to share in my heart's struggles
    as if they were your own...

Make me mindful, Lord, of others
    whose paths cross mine today:
as you make time for me
    so may I make time for them
whose needs, like mine, rest safely,
    in your heart and in your hands...

Receive my morning offering, Lord:
    hear my prayer today, tonight
        and through the week ahead...

Amen.

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