Heart Song for a Friend
A couple of years ago some of our hospital chaplains were invited to a luncheon at the residence of a dying man. He wanted to have us come to his home to thank us for the care he had received and that his wife had received during their hospitalizations. He was a sensitive soul who had experienced a great deal of success in life. I've been thinking a lot about the lasting grace-filled memories Mr. Covington left for those of us who continue on the journey! With gratitude for his life and witness, I offer this prayer today:
O God,
You have given me memories to hold, and I cherish that which I have known.
You have given me the memory of faces and voices; through interaction I have grown.
Instill in me an energy to look toward eternal tomorrows with sunrise eyes.
And in a day of tears, may resurrection power begin to rise.
So through remembered graces of saints who shared their hopes and dreams with me
May I hold on to yesterday’s memory,
reaching toward an anticipated tomorrow I can’t see.
Where peace is a way of life and love is the song that’s sung,
Holy One, empower me now in this week that is just begun.
--Ben Keckler
06.28.10
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