NIGHT PRAYER: Friday 10/18

Just returned from five nights in the hospital, Lord,

a repeat of the same just a month ago,

and both times, on coming home, it struck me

how much the leaves had turned and changed 

while I was shut indoors...

 

So many things slowed and stopped in my life

but the universe

    took no notice,

    not a moment's pause,

    not a millisecond's hesitation

on its intergalactic journey

to time's sweet, last tick-tock...

But you, Lord, you were there:

    you never left my side,

    you kept a faithful vigil,

    you took my hand in yours,

    you held my heart within your own

as hours and days so slowly passed

tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock...

 

And on my way to Wayland

you surprised me with your beauty:

    your ever-living, ever-changing, 

    ever-present artistry,

    your omnipresent glory

    in the dying and the rising

of the world that's all around me

in my mind and heart and soul...

    

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.

 

Tonight's tune was composed by Stacy Plays Hymns

for unattributed lyrics she found on the internet in

Hymns of the Morningland, a 1911 hymnal.

Waving in the Autumn Breeze by Stacy Plays Hymns 

 

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