Pause for Prayer: FRIDAY 11/15

30 days hath September, 

    April, June  and - November...

It's November, Lord,

    but half the month's behind us,

    Thanksgiving's but two weeks away,

    then Advent's on December 1,      

    your birthday's on the 25th

    a new year dawns on Jan the 1st

        - in 2025...

 

Make me grateful, Lord, for 2024:

    for it's good times and the bad,

    for its blessings and its burdens,

    its surprises and its boredom,

    its promises and failures,

    its laughter and its tears,

    its sadness and its joys...

 

Reconcile me 

    with what I never got around to,

    with all that I accomplished

    and all I had no idea was mine to do...

 

Help me face a brand new year

    shaped by lessons from the old

        and any wisdom I have gained

    and help me face the year ahead, Lord:

        stronger in my faith, 

        more determined in my purpose,

        more dependent on your grace,

        and more trusting in your word...

Can it really be November?

Can the year be almost gone?

Will I learn from what I've lost and gained

    and put my hope in you?

Please make the next twelve months

    a year of grace, a year of blessings,

a time to flourish in your love 

    and grow as I become

the person you created:

    your beloved, your child, your own...

    

Amen.

 

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