On Sundays, Night Prayer will take its lead from
an element of the day's mass. Tonight's prayer
flows from the last verses of today's first reading...
In a conversation about changes in our lives,
a good friend told me:
"Well, that was back when I was Version 2.
but I think by now I'm probably a 4.5.
My Creator keeps remaking me!"
I love that image, Lord!
You created me 76 years ago
but you're still not finished with me.
I'm still a work in progress,
your work in progress:
you're the potter, I'm the clay
and you're still gently molding me
on your spinning potter's wheel...
I'm not sure what version of me I've become
but of some things I'm certain: you never give up on me;
you never stop refining me,
smoothing my rough edges,
sharpening places where I've grown dull;
mending and replacing
the torn and broken parts
of my heart, my mind and soul...
Whatever version I become, Lord,
you continue to offer me free upgrades
through the guaranteed terms of your warranty:
patience, compassion and mercy...
You're my Creator, Lord,
and you never stop:
retooling me, recasting me,
repairing me, remodeling me,
restoring me, reworking me,
reforming me, rebuilding me,
reshaping me, remolding me;
you never stop remaking me
more and more in your image,
closer and closer to becoming
the person you're creating me to be...
I'm still a work in progress, Lord,
your work in progress,
you're the potter, I'm the clay
and you're still gently shaping me
on your spinning potter's wheel...
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.
Two songs this evening - very different in style and tone!
In case you have fallen by the wayside of life
Dreams and visions shattered, you're all broken inside
You don't have to stay in the shape that you're in
The potter wants to put you back together again
Oh, the potter wants to put you back together again
In case your situation has turned upside down
And all that you've accomplished, is now on the ground
You don't have to stay in the shape that you're in
The potter wants to put you back together again
You who are broken, stop by the potter's house
You who need mending, stop by the potter's house
Give Him the fragments of your broken life
My friend, the potter wants to put you back together again
Oh, the potter wants to put you back together again
You who are broken, stop by the potter's house
You who need mending, stop by the potter's house
Give Him the fragments of your broken life
My friend, the potter wants to put you back together again
Oh, the potter wants to put you back together again
You who are broken, stop by the potter's house
You who need mending, stop by the potter's house
Give Him the fragments of your broken life
My friend, the potter wants to put you back together again
Oh, the potter wants to put you back together again
Joy in the potter's house, he'll give you joy,
yes he will, joy in the potter's house,
I know there's peace, peace in the potter's house
For the weary soul, peace in the potter's house
You'll find love, yes you will, yes you will
love in the potter's house, if you're looking for love
the potter has it for you, yes he does
And there is salvation, do you believe it?
yes there is salvation,
there is salvation in the potter's house
God can change your life,
if you believe, healing for your body
there is healing in the potter's house
thank god there's deliverance
there is deliverance in the potter's house
for every kind of habit, there is deliverance
You'll find everything you need in the potter's house
You'll find everything you need in the potter's house
You'll find everything you need in the potter's house
You'll find everything you need in the potter's house
Because the potter wants to put you back together again
Oh, the potter wants to put you back together again
Abba, Abba Father
You are the potter
And we are the clay,
The work of your hands
Mold us, mold us and
Fashion us,
Into the image
Of Jesus, your Son
Of Jesus, your Son.
Father, may we be one in you,
May we be one in you,
As he is in you,
And you are in him
Glory, glory and praise to you
Glory and praise to you
Forever, Amen
Forever, Amen
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