Closing Out Another Year
“Looking Back and Looking Forward”
The year of 2010 is coming to a close and I want to share a couple of prayers with you before we arrive at New Year’s Eve day.
Holy God,
We offer you thanks and praise
for all the surprising graces which have come to us,
for those that sustain our lives and those that change them.
--for food, familiar diets and startling new aromas and tastes;
--for homes, places of steady surroundings and settings for redemptive love;
--for friendships, old friends who are willingly open in their affection and correction,
and new friends who remind us that your spirited presence
still dwells with us and others;
--for tasks to perform, routine actions which we do well,
and which give order to our days;
--for tasks at which we have failed and discovered a restored and needed humility;
--for all your gifts that empower us and others to live the faith-filled life.
Great and mighty God we praise your name today.
Bring your peace among us now we humbly pray. Amen.
--Ben Keckler
12.30.10
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Daily Devotions - Monday, December 31
CLOSING OUT ANOTHER YEAR
"Looking Back and Looking Forward"
The year of 2007 is coming to a close and I want to share a prayer with you before we arrive at New Year’s Day.
Holy God,
We offer you thanks and praise
for all the surprising graces which have come to us,
for those that sustain our lives and those that change them.
--for food, familiar diets and startling new aromas and tastes;
--for homes, places of steady surroundings and settings for redemptive love;
--for friendships, old friends who are willingly open in their affection
and correction,
and new friends who remind us that your spirited presence still dwells with us
and others;
--for tasks to perform, routine actions, which we do well, and which give order to our days;
--for tasks at which we have failed and discovered a restored and needed humility;
--for all your gifts that empower us and others to live the faith-filled life.
Great and mighty God we praise your name today.
Bring your peace among us now we humbly pray. Amen.
Ben Keckler
12.31.07
"Looking Back and Looking Forward"
The year of 2007 is coming to a close and I want to share a prayer with you before we arrive at New Year’s Day.
Holy God,
We offer you thanks and praise
for all the surprising graces which have come to us,
for those that sustain our lives and those that change them.
--for food, familiar diets and startling new aromas and tastes;
--for homes, places of steady surroundings and settings for redemptive love;
--for friendships, old friends who are willingly open in their affection
and correction,
and new friends who remind us that your spirited presence still dwells with us
and others;
--for tasks to perform, routine actions, which we do well, and which give order to our days;
--for tasks at which we have failed and discovered a restored and needed humility;
--for all your gifts that empower us and others to live the faith-filled life.
Great and mighty God we praise your name today.
Bring your peace among us now we humbly pray. Amen.
Ben Keckler
12.31.07
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Daily Devotions - Friday 12.28.07
CLOSING OUT ANOTHER YEAR
“Looking Back and Looking Forward”
As the year of 2007 nears its end, I share this prayer of thanksgiving and a benediction. The rhythms of the year have varied for each of us; still we continue to move forward, sharing our gifts with one another and those we serve.
Holy God,
We reflect and realize
That your steadfast love has empowered us
and
That your peace has comforted us.
We praise you for the mysteries of life and trust in your infinite wisdom.
We praise you for the order and constancy of nature.
We thank you for the comforts and joys we experience.
We thank you especially for home, friends and family.
We thank you for the gifts you give us
and
We thank you for the love, sympathy, prayers and support that sustain us.
For the year of 2007, we thank you.
For the year of 2008, we ask for your light and hope to guide us in the way of peace.
A benediction for the year:
And now to the One who is able to keep us from falling,
And lift us from the dark valley of despair to the bright mountain of hope,
From the midnight of desperation to the daybreak of joy;
To God be power and authority forever and ever. Amen.
Ben Keckler
12.28.07
“Looking Back and Looking Forward”
As the year of 2007 nears its end, I share this prayer of thanksgiving and a benediction. The rhythms of the year have varied for each of us; still we continue to move forward, sharing our gifts with one another and those we serve.
Holy God,
We reflect and realize
That your steadfast love has empowered us
and
That your peace has comforted us.
We praise you for the mysteries of life and trust in your infinite wisdom.
We praise you for the order and constancy of nature.
We thank you for the comforts and joys we experience.
We thank you especially for home, friends and family.
We thank you for the gifts you give us
and
We thank you for the love, sympathy, prayers and support that sustain us.
For the year of 2007, we thank you.
For the year of 2008, we ask for your light and hope to guide us in the way of peace.
A benediction for the year:
And now to the One who is able to keep us from falling,
And lift us from the dark valley of despair to the bright mountain of hope,
From the midnight of desperation to the daybreak of joy;
To God be power and authority forever and ever. Amen.
Ben Keckler
12.28.07
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