From the Psalms to the Cloud by Maren C. Tirabassi Maria Mankin

Author:Maren C. Tirabassi, Maria Mankin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-11T00:00:00+00:00

A PRAYER FOR THE NEW YEAR

O God, in whom we live and move and have our being,

we begin a new dance with you again today.

We mark our days in arbitrary ways—it must seem so funny—

but on this new day in this new year

we confess to being so bold

as to ask that we might be co-creators with you.

Help us, O God, that we too may create beauty out of nothingness;

help us envision elegant solutions to intractable problems,

to manufacture usefulness and purpose and intention

that in this new year we might surprise ourselves

with what we can accomplish together.

Create in each of us a clean heart, O God. Give us

new eyes to see the needs of others, renewed energy

for the work to be done, and in so doing,

to spread joyfulness in the pleasure of living.

Create in us a new idea about ourselves, that we might find mercy

and forgiveness within, and cast aside impediments

to being most fully who we are meant to be.

Rearrange the broken pieces.

Teach us how to give ourselves to save ourselves.

O God, we thank you for this community of people, for the commitment to reach those who need a cool cup of water in whatever form that may take. Bless us now as we reimagine and expand the reach of our fountain, a fountain drawn from the source of life and love, ever flowing into our days. Amen.

— Abigail Hastings

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