Pause for Prayer: FRIDAY 8/1

The first of August - already? 

 

Really?

WAY.  Too.  Soon.   

 

(IMHO)

Summer's slipping away, Lord,

    or so it seems to me

and August's debut, too early, intrudes 
   on my favorite time of the year...

 

I know there's more summer yet to come,

    but what has passed is what I miss

and I'm wondering now just where it went

    - and how I let it go...

Still, this is the day that you've made, Lord:

   August 1, 2025...

 

And this day is unique, Lord,

   in all my life,

   and in the lives of my friends

   in the history of humankind

       - in the history of all creation!

This one day 

   has never dawned before,

and will never come again:

   August 1, 2025
      - a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

So, what would you have me make of this day?

What would you have me do today? 

What would you have me embrace, Lord, 

   and what would you have me set free? 

Where would you have me go today  

   - and from what and whom

       would you have me keep my distance? 

 

And, Lord, 

    what are your plans for me, 

        the 1st day of this august month? 

 

How might I make this a better day

   for all the folks whose paths cross mine?

How will you move and act today
   in  my thoughts and words and deeds? 

 

How might I mend, this August 1,

   the mistakes I made

      a day, a month, a year ago? 

 

What might I do today, Lord,
   to prepare for a peaceful tomorrow? 

 
Open me up to all the ways  

   your Spirit will touch me today, Lord
      in my mind, in my heart,

      in my conscience, my soul
      and in all I say and all I do...

 

Open me, Lord, to all the ways

   you'll move in my life today...

This is the day that you've made, Lord,

   August 1, 2025:

      help me rejoice and be glad in this day,
      help me spend this day in your grace
         - and come to its end in your peace...

Amen. 

 

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