On Sunday, Joan and Amos Wimer lit the Advent Candle for one of our local church services. After Amos read a selection from Scripture, Joan prayed a most beautiful prayer. I asked her for a copy so I could share it with others. Here it is:
Loving
Father, help us remember the birth of Jesus,
that we may share in the song of
the angels,
the gladness of the shepherds
and the wisdom of the wise
men.
Close
the door of hate
and open the door of love all over the
world.
Let
kindness come with every gift
and good desires with every
greeting.
Deliver
us from evil by the blessing which Christ brings,
and teach us to be merry with
clean hearts.
May
the Christmas morning make us happy to be Thy children,
and the Christmas
evening bring us to our beds with grateful thoughts,
forgiving and forgiven, for
Jesus’ sake.
Amen
Written by Robert
Louis Stevenson
(1850-1894)
Grateful
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