Holy One,
Creator, Sustainer, Redeemer,
we give you thanks for your great faithfulness,
for your tender compassion and abundant grace
that bears us up in contentment and gratitude.
Your mercies are new every morning:
your protecting, guiding hand leads us into hope,
that we may look back and remember your goodness
and look forward in hope for the gift of this new year.
You are making the heavens and the earth:
remake in us our innocence and joy
that we may see the delights you spread before us
and give thanks for your ongoing creation within us.
May we open our hearts to your abundance
and embody your healing hands in the world,
that reconciliation and peace may flourish in your Name.
God of Grace,
extend the awning of your mercy
over all who cry out to You,
and place the seal of your blessing
upon those for whom we pray.
Amen.
-- Leslie Scoopmire, January 1, 2019
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