Good Lord!
Is it possible that November is more than half gone?
Thanksgiving is a week from tomorrow
The first Sunday of Advent is only 11 days away?
Just 38 days until Christmas?
And in 44 days it will be 2022?
Do you laugh, Lord, when I go on like this?
What do you make of how we track and keep time?
How we use time? waste time? lose time?
How time gets away from us...
How some days are gone before we know it
while others creep by at less than a snail's pace?
And yet, of all your gifts to us,
time is one of the most precious!
As this year comes to a close,
with its holy days and holidays,
slow us down, Lord,
and put the brakes to our hectic pace...
As 2021 makes its exit, help us savor every moment
and share, generously, the time that's ours to give,
the time that's ours to share,
the time that's ours to spend
in service of our neighbors,
in the peace of friends and family
in the solace of your presence,
in the solitude of prayer...
Lord,
you are the Alpha and the Omega,
the beginning and the end;
all time belongs to you,
every season and all the ages:
to you be all glory and power,
yesterday, today and tomorrow...
Protect us, Lord while we're awake
and watch over us while we sleep
that awake, we might keep watch with you
and asleep, rest in your peace...
Amen.
MMMMMM
God of All My Days
by Mark Hall and Jason Ingram of Casting Crowns
God of All My Days
I came to You with my heart in pieces
And found the God with healing in His hands
I turned to You, put everything behind me
And found the God who makes all things new
I looked to You drowning in my questions
And found the God who holds all wisdom
And I trusted You and stepped out on the ocean
You caught my hand among the waves
‘Cause You’re the God of all my days
Each step I take
You make a way
And I will give You all my praise
My seasons change, You stay the same
You’re the God of all my days
I ran from You, I wandered in the shadows
And found a God who relentlessly pursues
I hid from You, haunted by my failure
And found the God whose grace still covers me
I fell on You when I was at my weakest
And found the God, the lifter of my head
And I’ve worshiped You and felt You right beside me
You’re the reason that I sing
‘Cause You’re the God of all my days
In my worry, God, You are my stillness
In my searching, God, You are my answers
In my blindness, God, You are my vision
In my bondage, God, You are my freedom
In my weakness, God, You are my power
You’re the reason that I sing
‘Cause You’re the God of all my days
In my blindness, God, You are my vision
In my bondage, God, You are my freedom
All my days
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