A Prayer about the Lord’s Hospitality
Gracious and Hospitable Lord,
You know we’ve been struggling to figure out what to do—
It’s the first year in five
that we won’t be at my mom’s for Thanksgiving.
Her home now belongs to another;
her new home is in heaven with you.
I know many face a similar sorrow.
It will be their first holiday without their loved one.
In a season when we may feel exiled from familiar places,
draw our hearts to your ever-present
and always abundant hospitality.
You make homes for sparrows and nests for swallows (Psalm 84:3),
and you have invited us to be your sons and daughters.
Even as we limp through the Valley of Weeping,
You make it a place of springs (Psalm 84:6),
refreshing our hearts with your gentleness and joy.
When we tend to believe the lie that we are bereft,
remind us that you are our “sun and shield,”
bestowing “favor and honor”,
assuring us, “No good thing
do I withhold from those who walk uprightly” (Psalm 84:11).
In the name of your Son,
who came to walk this earth with us
that we might live in heaven with you.
Amen.
Read Psalm 84.
![A Prayer about Pausing to Remember God’s Wondrous Works
Will you pause with me to remember God’s wondrous works?
On your wondrous works, I will meditate. Psalm 145:5
Wondrously Working Lord,
How often do we pause,
do we really chew on,
the millions of ways,
seen and unseen,
you work in this world,
in our neighborhood,
in our lives?
For a few moments,
let’s consider your wondrous works:
You’ve drawn us to yourself
even when we were wandering around like the spiritual zombies we were.
You’ve loved us every day, all the time,
even when we hated you.
You’ve given us new life
even when we deserved certain death,
You’ve kept your promises to us
even when we broke every promise we ever made to you,
You’ve shown us limitless patience
even when we threw tantrums of impatience with you.
You’ve lavished us with the gifts we needed
even when we demanded the things we wanted when we wanted them.
[List some of the specific wondrous works God has done in your life].
Oh, Lord, may we break our eyes away
from the seductive screen
and look out, look up, look in,
to see your stunning beauty and your baffling kindness!
In Jesus’ gracious name. Amen.
Read Psalm 145.
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