Centering
Prayer
(inspired by John 10: 38-42)
God
for
everything there is a time,
and
time is now our most precious commodity.
Our
clocks are always running.
From
birth to death:
during
times of joy and sorrow:
work
and play:
business
and pleasure:
speech and
silence:
worship
and church activities:
tick,
tock, tick, tock.
We are
like Martha,
with
our long to-do lists.
Slow us
down Lord,
and for
now simply remind us that
only
one thing is needful,
that we
be still before you
and
know that you are God. Amen.
~ revised
from a prayer by Rev. Dr. A.R. Neal Mathers, in Mary and Martha: Worshipful Work, posted on Presbyterian Record. http://presbyterianrecord.ca/2013/06/21/drama-martha-and-mary-worshipful-work/
