Let us stand with those who have gone before
We are back in Seattle our heads still whirring with the disorienting experience of starting the day with a beautiful spring morning and ending with blustery autumn weather. I am also adjusting slowly to the images of pumpkins on doorsteps and scary halloween decorations all over the place – not something that Australia has yet cottoned onto thank goodness.
Most of the US is gearing up for Halloween tonight. I find myself reflecting on All Hallow’s Eve and All Saints Day tomorrow and especially all those who have gone before us witnessing to the goodness of our God. Here is a prayer that I wrote this morning as part of that remembrance
God we are surrounded by a cloud
Faithful witnesses who have gone before
Those who have loved where we would have hated
Those who have healed where we would have hurt
Those who have spoken out when we would have remained silent
God may we walk in their footsteps
Learning courage from their sacrifice
Gaining strength from their faithfulness
May we learn to give so that others may receive
May we learn to love so that others may be set free
May we learn to die to ourselves so that others might live
God may we join that cloud of faithful witnesses
Treading paths of loving obedience
Leaving footprints that others desire to walk in
God may we too lead kingdom lives
Amen
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Beautifully and wonderfully inspiring and blessed prayer! Thank you!
Appreciate the prayer… I’ll be sharing this with others.
Well Done. 🙂
Amen.
Thanks for this, Christine. We have never really considered All Saints Day as a family and yesterday we had a wonderful conversation around our “Sabbath Breakfast” about those who have gone before us.
It was good to tell those stories to our kids!
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