Friday Work and Weekend Fun?
This week we have used prayers from the book, Prayers for Healing, edited by Maggie Oman a few years ago. The book offers blessings, poems and meditations from people of various faith traditions. We finish this week with a prayer by Belleruth Naparstek which prepares us for the possibilities of the weekend ahead:
“Just give me this:
A rinsing out, a cleansing free of all my smaller strivings
So I can be the class act God intended,
True to my purpose, all my energy aligned behind my deepest intention.
And just this:
A quieting down, a clearing away of internal ruckus,
So I can hear the huge stillness in my heart
And feel how I pulse with all creation, part and parcel of Your great singing ocean.
And this, too:
A willingness to notice and forgive the myriad times I fall short,
Forgetting who I really am, what I really belong to.
So I can start over, fresh and clean like sweet sheets billowing in the summer sun,
My heart pierced with gratitude.”
May your day and your weekend give you opportunity for refreshment.
Prayer: Holy One, bring me what I need for this time in my life. Amen.
--Ben Keckler
08.21.09
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