NIGHT PRAYER: Wednesday 4/17

 

(For those who will read this and worry:

    my health is very good - thank God!)

 

This is the day the Lord has made...

    Today's the first day of the rest of my life...

        One day at a time...

 

These sayings are valuable on every day, Lord,

    but especially for me, especially today, 

        my birthday, my 77th...   
 

Today these words are unusually keen:

    filled with meaning, 

        solemn and joyful,

            poignant, mysterious, 

                graced and amazing...

 

For decades, Lord, the years slipped by

    but now's the time when each day counts,

when every sunrise comes as gift

    and every night's a reason to pray

        in thanks for all the life I've known

        and  in hope for all that's yet to be...

 

 My supply of days will have its end

    though I pray much more's in store for me:

        time to enjoy whatever you've planned,

        to seek your pardon for wrongs I've done,

        to deepen my faith in your love for me,

        to grow in your wisdom, more and more

        and to do what I might 

            to share the peace you've shared with me

                through decades of my life...

 

77 years, Lord - and I'm grateful for every one!

 

I give you thanks for the joy I've known

    and for your healing in times of grief...

 

I praise you, Lord, for all your blessings

    and for how you sustained me in times of need...

 

I thank you, Lord, for seeing me through

    the troubles I thought I couldn't survive...

 

And I pray this night for many more days

    - for weeks and months and years -

to seek and find and know your love:

    a day at a time, each day a gift,

       each day the first of the rest of my life...

   

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.

Thank You For This Day  by Billy Causey

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Thank you for this day; thank you for this time.

Thank you for this moment in my life; I give you thanks.

 

Teach me how to live; teach me how to love you more.

Yesterday is gone, tomorrow's not yet come; thank you for today.

 

Thank you for this day, thank you for this time.

Thank you for this moment in our lives; we give you thanks.

 

Teach us how to live; teach us how to love you more.

Yesterday is gone, tomorrow's not yet come; thank you for today.

 

Thank you for today; thank you for this time

thank you for your presence in our lives; we give you praise

 

Teach us how to live; teach us how to love you more.

Yesterday is gone, tomorrow's not yet come; thank you for today.

 

Yesterday is gone, tomorrow's not yet come; 

thank you for today. thank you for today.

 

 

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