A Pic and A Prayer for A New Year

On this second day of a new year I offer you a photo and a prayer. The grainy photo is from this morning's pre-dawn sky, capturing Venus, the Moon, and Jupiter among clouds and palm fronds. (Mercury is somewhere behind the clouds below Jupiter )

Prayer for a New Year

God of time and space, 

known by many names 

sought through many traditions, 

as a new year begins we are reminded  

of the Eternal Presence. 

Beyond this moment and this place 

Spirit bonds all creation 

in a tapestry of interdependence, 

transcending vested interests and personal privilege.

Standing on the threshold of a new year 

may we forgive the discord, mistrust

and disappointment of our past, 

as we are forgiven, 

may we receive a grace-filled future 

of promise and potential that awaits 

nothing more or less than 

our open minds, our loving hearts, and our open arms

stretched out to one another and thus to God.