Monday, April 8, 2013

A PRAYER FOR EASTER 5


Based on Psalm 39:4-7

You have made my days a mere handbreadth

It is gone too soon
vanishing like a whisper in the night
Heard one moment
Forgotten the next

the span of my years is as nothing before you.

We are as flowers in the field
brightly shining on a Spring day
then blown away with the leaves of Fall
and buried under winter's snow

in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth
    without knowing whose it will finally be

We build our fortresses of money and power
seeking shelter from the fates of time
putting our thumb in the dykes of illness and aging
frightened of losing control

But now, Lord, what do I look for?
    My hope is in you.

Our life is, was, and always is blessed by
Your strength that protects us
Your grace that saves us
Your spirit that guides us
and Your love that sustains us
today, tomorrow, and forever more

Amen

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