Monday Morning Offering: Memorial Day

Image: George Mendoza

Good morning, good God!

I'm praying today, Lord:
remembering those who died,
who passed through death
to life with you, their Maker
and lover of their souls...

I'm praying today, Lord:
remembering those gone long before,
marked with the sign of faith,
marked as your own in ways unknown
to me and others' grief...

I'm praying today, Lord:
remembering those who gave their lives
without a thought of self,
who laid down all that I might stand
in freedom dearly won...

I'm praying today, Lord:
remembering selfless souls and
hearts with purple courage true,
so sure and brave on danger's roads
where I'd not dare to tread...

I'm praying today, Lord:
remembering love in sacrifice
so freely, fully given, so easily forgotten
by just the ones
for whom the gift was made...

I'm praying today, Lord,
and offering you my gratitude
for those who loved as you loved us
by giving all
for all who stand in need...

I'm praying today, Lord:
receive my morning offering
and give the courage I may need
to sacrifice for others
that they, too, might be free...

Amen.


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