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Leader reads plain text, group reads bold text.
The following prayer is adapted by Sherill Hostetter (EMM) from Praying Our Goodbyes by Joyce Rupp
These transition days, these passage ways,
are calling me to let go of old securities,
to give myself over into Your hands
for a new chapter in my life.
Like Jesus who struggled with the pain
I, too, fight the "let it all be done"
Loneliness, lostness, non-belonging,
All these strike out at me,
leaving me pained with this present goodbye.
I want to be more but I fight the growing.
I want to be new but I hang onto the old.
I want to live but I won't face the dying.
I want to be whole but I cannot bear
to gather the pieces into one.
Is it that I refuse to be out of control,
to let the tears take their tumbling journey,
to allow my spirit to feel its depression,
to stay with the insecurity of "no home"?
Now is the time. You call to me,
begging me to let you have my life,
inviting me to taste the darkness
so I can be filled with the light,
allowing me to lose my direction
so that I will find my way home to you.
Meditation
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| Keltic Designs by Jen Delyth http://www.kelticdesigns.com/ |
Prayer for others
Benediction
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| Fractal of the Day by Jim Muth http://www.nahee.com/FOTD/FotD_99-11-10.html |
For the promise of harvest
contained within a seedwe thank you.
For the oak tree
within an acorn
The bread
within a grain
The apple
within a pip
The mystery of nature
gift wrapped
for us to sow
we thank you
Amen.
