The Noontimes

Psalm 67: Harvest Thanksgiving

Monday, November 23, 2015

This prayer is an appropriate psalm for this time of year . . . but we might sing it often for all the good God has brought to us . . . for the good God has wrought from harm.

We are givers and receivers of hurt.  Initially, apologies and reparations are difficult to make and they are sometimes difficult to receive.  Yet give and receive them we must for we all err, we may all seek forgiveness, and we are all forgiven.  We may or may not be forgiven by those we injure, even when the injury is unintentional.

From this morning’s MAGNIFICAT intercessions:

Forgive us our pride.

Forgive us our stubbornness of heart.

Forgive us our anger against one another.

Forgive us our greed in all forms.

Forgive us our mercilessness.

Forgive us the harm we have done.

God always waits patiently for our return and while he waits he continues to sustain us, to offer us his garden where we might bring in his harvest.

At this time of harvest, we might gather ourselves as well to offer our acts and our words back to our creator.  We might join in this psalm of thanksgiving and remember that . . .

God is gracious always.

God blesses us constantly.

God saves us faithfully.

And God’s face shines upon us all days.

In the darkest of nights and the brightest of days, let us remember this . . . and be thankful.

Cameron, Peter John. “Prayer for the Morning.” MAGNIFICAT. 3.10 (2008). Print.  

A favorite from October 3, 2008.