A Prayer of Gratitude -- July 22, 2018

This was an original prayer of gratitude written for this past Sunday's worship service, 

and for a longtime church member who is leaving to move to another state.

O Glorious, Incarnate God,

Out of love, you became not just like us,

but one of us;

taking on the frailty of our flesh,

so that we would see, touch,

feel and know your love

in the living and dying and rising of

your Son.

We thank you, Lord,

that your love and grace is still ours

to know through the people 

you place in our paths.

Thank you for friends who ask hard

questions, making us reflect more

deeply on our faith.

Thank you for those people in our lives

who seek to serve you with energy,

intelligence, imagination and love,

for they inspire us to the do the same.

Thank you for the gift and the 

empowering of the Holy Spirit,

whose presence we feel

when we sing and pray and

worship with one another. 

Thank you, God of love and hope,

that we are not called to walk this

curved road of faith alone,

but that you surround us with

companions along the way.

Thank you for those who make

your love real to us in every 

thought, word and deed.

Thank you, O God, for friends.

Amen.