NIGHT PRAYER: Thanksgiving 2024

Having thanked you today, Lord,

for all your gifts and blessings,

I want to thank you, also, 

    for things that didn't go right,

    some plans that fell apart,

    dreams that never came to pass,

    some ways that I screwed up,

    and the bruises, scrapes and wounds I bear

        - or left on others' hearts...

 

I thank you, Lord, for these

not because I'm proud of them

but just because in every case

    you reached to me with comfort,

    you worked to make me whole,

    you restored my hope and trust in you

    and healed my aching heart

        and the harm I did to others...

I find no joy in hard times, Lord,

but I'm comforted to know

that nothing is beyond your reach,

    your grace, your help, your strength;

that nothing is beyond your power

    to mend, restore, to calm, to heal,

    to recreate, to shape anew,

    and give new life and fire

    through wisdom and your word...

   

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.

God Is Good by Austin French

 

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