I can't let the first day of the year close without posting this blessing, which has just arrived via email from Roddy Hamilton and his community in Clydebank, Scotland. (Mucky Paws is a monthly email that you won't find online.) I've been reading their stuff for a few years now... it's fantastic. Here we go:
May the light draw us into life
and stir a longing into our souls
May the stars shine along our pathway
and lighten the way with prophecy
May the words of ancient promise
echo in every word we speak
May the sound of a baby crying
haunt every silence born of apathy
May incarnation be more than godly flesh
but a fresh way of godly living
May the Spirit of Christ be born in us
and God make a home among us
Amen
''May the sound of a baby crying
haunt every silence born of apathy''
Wow...I absolutely love that. Thankyou for introducing me to this!
Posted by: gabi | January 02, 2009 at 04:48 AM
Hi Mike,
I just wanted to thank you for your ongoing blog ministry. I don't comment nearly as much as I read, and I find that shameful. Nonetheless, I always seem to appreciate your perspective, both as a brother in Christ, and as a North American cousin. Here's to keeping up the good work in 2009.
Matt
Posted by: Matthew Dowling | January 02, 2009 at 07:17 AM
...amen!
...eager to talk in a few minutes!!
...and see you in a few weeks!!!
Posted by: Wes Roberts | January 02, 2009 at 07:52 AM
Good light to walk by...I pray it will be so this year.
Posted by: eric Blauer | January 02, 2009 at 10:28 AM
may peace
come to the yearning soul,
and bless the heart.
Posted by: Paul | January 02, 2009 at 07:45 PM
Hey - that's where a friend of mine worships!
Posted by: lisa | January 05, 2009 at 09:08 PM
HI Mike have just come upon your site i am fortunate to be a member of roddys church god bless.
Posted by: robert | February 14, 2009 at 01:34 PM