Those Who Provide for Us
“Blessed be the Lord, my rock …
may our barns be filled with produce of every kind…
happy are the people to whom such blessings fall.”
--Verses from a Hebrew hymn, Psalm 144
Often these devotional musings focus on the centrality of prayer in our lives. Many of us begin to look forward on Wednesday to a weekend where the pace of life is different than the week, to a cookout or to celebrating a special day. Often the gathering includes a meal and so today we offer a prayer for those who provide for us.
In the midst of our plenty, O God,
Recall our debt to those who garner our food for us…
those who pluck pineapples in the blaze of noon,
those who buck the seas in search of fish,
those who tend sheep and cattle through all the tantrums of weather,
those who plow, and sow, and cultivate, and then wait in hope.
Teach us that we live
because others have fished and farmed and shepherded.
Accept our thanks for those who care for creation
and turn it into provisions for our festivities
--Ben Keckler
06.08.11
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