July Prayer

Monday July 4 2022

Praise for the second month
As the year turns
And the light changes
The summer shortening of days

Praise for the turning of the seasons
For bairns and buckets
And puddling and guddling in burns
The holding and holidaying days

Praise for the greening of creation
For fullness and fruiting
And grain goldening in sunlight
The watching and waiting days

Forgiveness for the soiling of the land
For wanton-ness and wasting
And seas suffering in silence
The warming and worrying days

Forgiveness for the darkening of skies
For destruction and devastation
And panicked peoples in flight
The desperate and despairing days

Thanksgiving for the seedlings of hope
For welcome and kindliness
And hands and hearts in solidarity
The healing and helping days

Praise O Creator
For creatures who care
For workers in the harvest
For warmth and willingness
For chances to change
For love to lead
In the power of the spirt.

Amen