Pause for Prayer: SATURDAY 10/8

Every good gift comes from your hand, Lord!

Help me to count my blessings this day
   and to be grateful to you from whom they flow...

I thank you for the blessing of family and friends,
   those with me still and those gone home to you...

I thank you for my eyes and ears, 
   for finding the beauty of your presence all around me...

I thank you for nature's seasons and all I learn
   in their coming and going, year in and year out...

I thank you for the blessing of a sunrise
   and the blessing of the same sun's setting...

I thank you for the company of others 
   and good times shared with them...

I thank you for silence, for solitude 
   and for times of peace and quiet with you...

I thank you for your mercy and forgiveness,
   for your pardon of my faults and sins...

I thank you for correction that helps me grow
   and for reprimands that keep me honest...

I thank you for the healing grace of forgiving others
   and of others forgiving me...

I thank you for anticipation's joy
   and for disappointment's healing...

I thank you for a good night's sleep
   and the blessing of sweet dreams...

I thank you for the gift of each new day,
   one day at a time...

I thank you for steady work, for satisfying work,
   for work that serves the needs of others...

I thank you for the gift of those who help me
   and for the opportunity to be of help to others...

I thank you for the works of grace and faith
   that shape us as your people...

I thank you for a child's birth,

   the promise new life brings...

I thank you for the gift a peaceful death can be

   for those who've lost a loved one...

I thank you for the life that's mine 

   and your promise of a life that never ends...

I thank you for the ordinary, the routine

   the unexpected, the surprise... 

I thank you for cleansing tears

   and for healing laughter...  

I thank you for my faith when I'm confused;

   for the gift of hope when trust's in short supply;

      for the blessing of your love when I'm alone... 

In the quiet of my prayer, Lord,

   help me count my blessings before I list my problems,

      before I whine and whimper,

         before I turn to pity for myself... 

Every good gift comes from your hand, Lord,

   and you're more generous than I'm sometimes willing to notice,

      to see, to acknowledge, to remember 

   and to hold in my heart as gift and grace...

In the quiet of my prayer, Lord,

   show me the peace, the grace, the healing 

      of your blessings in my life:
 the ones I often miss, the ones that I've forgotten,

   and the blessings will come my way today...

Amen.

 

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