NIGHT PRAYER: Monday 8/25

They say "time marches on," Lord,
- and it certainly does!

The passage of time is inexorable: 

    time tires me

    but nothing tires time...

The march of time is unrelenting, unyielding, 

unstoppable and implacable 

so why, Lord, am I taken by surprise 

    that August's almost history, 

    the summer's winding down 

    that fall's around the corner, 

    andHalloween is in the stores...

 

If I weren't as old as I am, Lord,

I might find it easier to accept

    the quickly fading days

        of this eighth month of the year...  

 

But every year, Lord, and every month,
every week and every day, 
every hour and every moment,
every minute and every second 
brings me closer, ever closer,
    to the timeless,  

    my forever,
    to eternity,
    to you...

The grace in this is simple, Lord:
    you're in my every moment,
        every hour, week and day;
    you've walked with me 
        through all my years
    and never-ever once,

        not even for a second,
    have you left my side

        or slipped beyond my reach...   

 

Time marches on, Lord,

    time marches on  

and sometimes I keep up 

    sometimes I fall behind 

and sometimes I just stop 

    - in the middle of it all -
but even then, time keeps its pace, 

    an eternal tide,

sweeping me from my life's shores 

    out to the endless ocean 

        of the mystery of your love, 

    of your patient, always merciful 

        and timeless love for me...

 

All time is yours 

    and in your kindness, Lord 

        I live on borrowed time

    'til you call me to the timeless,

        to that peace that has no end,

    'til you call me home to be with you

        - all in your good time...

 

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. 

 In His Time by The Maranatha Singers

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