NIGHT PRAYER: Tuesday 11/12

Something in the fallen leaves, Lord...

 

Something in the fallen leaves

    calls me from my path

        to wade and splash, dryshod,

through their shallow lake 

    spreading 'cross the lawn in my backyard

into the parking lot,

    just beside the church...

Something in the fallen leaves, Lord...

 

I love the way that they make way for me to pass

where they have sighed their last farewell 

to summer's longer days;

    to the shade they gave

    in groves they made 

    for me to rest and pray...

Something in the fallen leaves, Lord...

 

I love the swoosh, the crunch, the scrunch,

the brittle dirge the dry leaves chant

while laying down their life for me:

    their bittersweet surrender,

    their letting go that I might know

    this simple autumn joy...

Something in the fallen leaves, Lord...

 

Perhaps it's just the memory

of years gone by and piles of leaves,

raked in heaps where I could leap and

glory in their rustling sounds:

    whispered psalms and promises

    of wintertime and falling snow 

    and Christmas peace to come...

 

Yes, something in the fallen leaves, Lord,

echoes in my soul:

    your gift each year, your blessing,

    your path autumn path of peace...

 

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.

 

- Both photos by CP

 

- Two options tonight for musical reflection,

both instrumental, the first with a visual component.

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Autumn Pathways by Tim Janis

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Faded Leaves Fall by Gabriel Olafs

 

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