Here’s
a prayer of petition and commitment for the new year. It was written by Revd
Thandiwe Dale-Ferguson and posted on Worship
Words.
New Year’s Prayer
Quietly
the New Year slips in.
Are we
now more fearful, the radio asks?
More
careful?
More
tired?
Are we
now more aware of the suffering, the violence,
the
inequality, the injustice in our world?
Holy
God,
In this
New Year,
We seek
you
As we
have always sought you.
We need
you
As we
have always needed you.
We
hunger for your presence,
your
peace, your justice and your love.
Open
our hearts afresh and anew.
Open
our minds that we may know you.
Open
our hands that we may care for you.
Open
our ears and eyes that we may hear and see you
In our
neighbour, in the foreigner, in the refugee,
Even in
our enemy,
And,
perhaps especially, in ourselves.
That we
may know in the deepest part of ourselves
That
you call us
And
that we are capable
Of
seeing and naming, doing and being
Your
love, your peace, your hope and your justice
In this
your world.
Amen.
~
written by Revd Thandiwe Dale-Ferguson, USA. Posted on Worship Words. http://worshipwords.co.uk/new-year/
