LORD, May We Hide In YOU As In An Everlasting Rock.

May we nestle in YOUR love!
(J.R. Miller, "Family Prayers")

(evening prayer)
Heavenly FATHER, the day is gone,
and we cannot recall it . . .
   to amend its doings,
   to correct its mistakes,
   to blot out its sins,
   to undo the things we ought
       not to have done,
   to do the things we ought to
       have done, but left undone,
   to unsay the words we ought
       not to have said,
   to speak the words we ought
       to have spoken.

The day is gone from us--
and is with YOU. We leave it in
YOUR hands. Whatever we have done
that was not according to YOUR will--
may YOU graciously forgive.
The things that pleased YOU--
may YOU bless.

Our disappointments, we accept
as YOUR appointments for us--
better than our own way would
have been. Teach us the lessons
YOU would have us learn from
the day's experiences. May we be
wiser for having lived through these
experiences. May . . .
  our faith be stronger,
  our love be deeper,
  our earnestness be more intense,
  and our zeal be more intense.

May we nestle in YOUR love,
as little children nestle in the mother's
bosom. May we hide in YOU as in an
everlasting rock, so that our peace
may never be disturbed, even in
the wildest storms of earth.

Enfold us all now in YOUR everlasting
arms, and may the grace of the LORD
JESUS CHRIST be upon us. Amen.

    
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