NIGHT PRAYER: Wednesday 6/17

 

A few nights ago I had dinner with some old friends and, as happens, the conversation to turned to "back in the day" and how gracious has been our God in our lives... Even if you're alone - and especially if times are hard - let this prayer stir up some of your best memories and take some time to thank God for them and the people they bring to mind and heart...

 

It's a good thing, Lord, to pause often

    and remember gratefully, 

people and places from my past

    and all the good times I shared with them,

moments of blessing with people I love

    whose memory's a joy each time I recall

        the grace of their place in my life... 

Each memory shines like a precious jewel

    carefully stored in my soul,

a treasure chest of grace and gifts

    shared over so many years;

love's souvenirs, polished and shining, 

    the brighter for turning them over and over

        in the folds of my grateful heart...

So many people in so many places,
    so many joyful and happy times:
        more than my fading memory recalls,
        more than I ever deserved
        and more than my heart can hold...

There's a place and a time, 
    especially at sunset,
for calling to mind and meeting again
    the love of family and friends,

each one, Lord, your gift to me,
    deeply embedded within my heart, 

now lifted up to you in prayer

    with soulful thanks and praise... 

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.

 

There Is A Place by Liam Lawton,   

    performed by James Kilbane

 

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There's a time for remembering, a time to recall
The trials and the triumphs, the fears and the falls.
There's a time to be grateful 

    for the moments so blest:
The jewels of our memory where love is our guest.

There is gold that is gleaming in a past we once knew:
In our tears and our laughter, 

    'twas love brought us through.
There's a road we have traveled 

    where sunlight has kissed,
That carries us onward when loved ones are missed.

There is treasure in our fields. 

There is treasure in our skies.
There is treasure in our dreaming 

    from the soul to the eye;
For wherever we gather in the light of God's grace,
And for all whom we remember, 

    there will ever be a place.

In the quiet of the evening, at the close of the day,
We will rest on the journey. To the Lord we shall pray.
May we thank God for blessings, 

    for the moments we've shared.
As we seek for tomorrow, close by us you'll stay.

There is treasure in our fields. 

There is treasure in our skies.
There is treasure in our dreaming 

    from the soul to the eye;
For wherever we gather in the light of God's grace,
And for all whom we remember, 

    there will ever be a place.

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