NIGHT PRAYER: Tuesday 6/30

The last sunset in June, Lord!

 

I'll wake in the morning (God willing!)

and open my eyes to the first of July!

 

Half of 2026 is history

and in just six months (God willing!)

I'll toast a new year in which I'll turn 80...

 

Looking back, Lord, I see six months of blessings: 

    your kindness, your mercy,

    your patience, your peace, 

    your presence, your grace...

 

And I see six months of missed opportunities:

    too many shortcuts and too many naps, 

    too much time wasted that might have been shared

    too much for me, not enough for my neighbor...

 

But a whole new half year now stretches before me:

    six months to grow in my faith in you,

    six months to reach out to others in need,

    six months to find some time every day

        to sit with you, talk with you,

            rest in your arms...

 

As the sun goes down tonight on June

    so will rise with dawn's early light

on the rest of my summer, the rest of this year,

    the rest of the time you've allotted for me.. 

 

Make me a more faithful steward, O Lord, 

    of the gift of time that is my life...

 

Help me give thanks, in wonder and awe,

     as your seasons of grace, 

        like the moon and the tides

             enlighten and pull me closer to you

    as the earth turns 'round and month by month

        I'm called and drawn into the mystery of life,

            the mystery of your faithful love... 

 

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. 

 

Seasons of love from Rent 

    performed by Pentatonix

 

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Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes

Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes

How do you measure, measure a year?

In daylights, in sunsets

In midnights, in cups of coffee

In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife

In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes

How do you measure, a year in the life?

How about love? How about love? How about love?

Measure in love Seasons of love Seasons of love

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes

Five hundred twenty-five thousand journeys to plan

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes

How do you measure the life of a woman or a man?

In truths that she learned  Or in times that he cried

In bridges he burned  Or the way that she died

It's time now, to sing out The story never ends

Let's celebrate Remember a year in the life of friends

Remember the love

(Oh, you got to, you got to remember the love)

Remember the love

(You now that love is a gift from up above)

Remember the love

(Share love, give love, spread love)

Measure in love

(Measure, measure your life in love)

Seasons of love

Seasons of love

(Measure your life, measure your life in love)

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