Loving and merciful God
You spill over in our lives
when we give you room;
You touch us with colour and brilliance
when we feel grey and dowdy;
Your life giving energy
bubbles up when we come to you.
In penitence we remember the times
When in our despair
we have shut you out;
When we have called
and thought you did not want to hear;
When we have simply forgotten
that you love us.
But you are the One who calls
light out of darkness;
Spreads flowers at our feet;
Perfumes the air
and stills our anxiety
When we allow you in.
With exuberance, grace and mercy
May we serve you this week
and always.
Amen
Hazel Parsons
Reading Acts 16: 25-40
StF 102. For the beauty of the earth
