A prayer for the first week in Advent
Holy and Gracious One, God of our Mothers and Fathers, we give you thanks, this day and every day. Thank you for this gift of life, a precious blessing, a hope - that we may magnify Your Name. Be with us as we labor through this life. Be with us as we struggle through pain. Be with us in our suffering. Be with us through the storms the ice, snow, wind. Real or metaphor. Be with us this day. Be with us as we labor to birth new life, whatever that new life might be. Be with us that we can be your hands and heart in a broken world. Amen Prayer poem and photo by Terri c. Pilarski