August Prayer

Monday August 3 2020

 

 

God of wild places

daisies, ditches

rowans, raspberries

rugged cliffs, rumbustious seas

breezy meadows, bright beaches

nature’s grandeur displayed

 

sun rises and sets

 misted moonlight

caresses clouded hills

we are blessed in your love

 

God of rolling farmland

fields ripening food

congregations of cattle

shearings of sheep

bubbling brews, bursting barns.

nature’s bounty displayed

 

 sun rises and sets

    misted moonlight

caresses clouded hills

 we are blessed in your love

 

God of city streets

cafés, countless cultures

bustling buses, stravaigin’ shoppers

high-living, humble homes

silent streets, solitary strollers.

humankind’s ingenuity displayed

 

sun rises and sets

misted moonlight

caresses clouded hills

 we are blessed in your love

 

God of the lockdown life

closed, closeted

contained, covered

shielded, sheltered

darkness, danger.

humanity’s fears and failings hidden away

 

sun rises and sets

misted moonlight

caresses clouded hills

we are blessed by your promise

 

Uncover our shame and our shambles.

Uncover our sadness and our sorrows.

Uncover our fears and our foibles.

Expose us to the scrutiny of your light.

Wrap us in the warmth of your embrace,

that we might be un-Locked by Love

re-created, re-shaped, re-born

into the wholeness of your Passion.

Our God.

Amen

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