Friday, July 7
This week, as we continue our focus on prayer this summer, we are going to pray our way through a hymn. “This Is My Song,” is found in our Glory to God hymnal. It’s a powerful hymn to sit with this week around the July 4th holiday. It was written between WWI and WWII and focuses around the theme of international peace. Each day this week I will pair some of the hymn with a prayer from different voices I have encountered in my own devotional space. I hope this hymn and these prayers connect with you this week.
“So hear my song, O God of all the nations, a song of peace for their land and for mine.”
Prayer:
“Sometimes,
While the sky is still dark,
I slip sock feet into tennis shoes and go for a walk.
Step by step
I ask my deepest questions,
while the sky lets go of its deepest dark blue.
Am I doing enough?
Ink to indigo.
Does my brother know how much I love him?
Indigo to navy.
Will my friends keep showing up?
Navy to royal blue.
Will we ever know peace?
Royal blue to gold.
And after a while, my pilgrimage must end,
so I turn apologetic feet toward home
and walk my repentance back toward the sun.
And once again, while I stand in sock feet and tennis shoes,
God takes my breath away.
For once again,
the sky’s deepest void is now a watercolor of light.
And I am reminded that like the sky,
God touches everything.
And I am reminded, that like the sky,
nothing is so broken that it can’t be painted in gold.
In the morning light, there is peace.” Amen.
-Rev. Sarah Are Speed
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