NIGHT PRAYER: Monday 10/6

Thank you, Lord, for these October days

    when the mercury in the 80s

        finds me in such good humor... 

 

I love these sweet, warm autumn times

    when summer takes a final bow

        before the curtain falls...

 

Bonus days of undeservèd grace:

    reminders of what's slipped away

        'til spring renews the promise...

But what of Ukraine, Lord,

    where summer never had a chance

        while war was still in season?

 

What sweet relief might bless her days

    when wartime's unrelenting heat

        wilts and melts her dreams? 

 

What promise might she cling to

    when all around her cities fall

        as terror stalks her nights?

 

What bonus days has she to cheer

    while gathering her children

        in subway station shelters?

 

Send her and all the world, Lord,

    a season of your healing peace,

        a respite from the chaos... 

Give us the will to change our ways,

    to tame the climate in our hearts, 

        to change the seasons in our souls...

 

Give us some bonus days of grace

    to warm us to your saving word,

        your promise of a peaceful spring... 

         

Protect us, Lord while we're awake

    and watch over us while we sleep

that awake, we might keep watch with you

    and asleep, rest in your peace...

Amen.

 

In This Season by  

    Karen Crane and Abby Lockaby 

 

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