Good morning!



Morning Prayer

 

My comfort-friend awakened with the new born dawn

Subtle-soft as crystal dew upon yonder emerald lawn

 

Orange-yellow orb horizon ascend Cerulean pure

Warm comfort pierce slumber glass, repose endure

 

Reluctant vacate fantasy-tender, force open eyes

Risen rays visit lazy bones on whom it slyly spies

 

“Good morning! Lord!” Greets my humble first prayer today

Lament lethargic responsibility; for redemption now I pray

 

Your risen sun already hard at work perfecting Thy offered gift

Make the bed, shower, shave; prepare to face any challenge rift

 

Allow this lowly wretched sinner offer each effort a prayer, still

Please humble me: Praise! Honor! Glory! Be done, Thy sacred will

 

Within each simple life response let me in purpose contemplate

Mundane or effort-ed event in Jesus’ image reverently to emulate

 

Through morning cool to high noon lunch onto warm afternoon

For supper (dinner on the coasts) to quiet dusk now come too soon

 

Blue-white diamonds pierce black evening abyss shared with loving friends

“Now I lay me down---if should I die…”Your white-winged holy angels send

 

And, in Your night while life-giving sunshine in earnest reposes

Bless once more my nightly dreams like fragrant-sweet red roses

 

And, now, dear Lord, before my rest, satiate this need for Thy “good”

Not unto me, but that I have for it today right proudly mark-ed stood

 

Should Thy will fail I observe the ’morrow dawn, please absolve this soul sin-stained

Let this tired body rest, free wild spirit to yet soar redeemed celestial heaven gained

 

From Your Glory! Peace on earth! Good will in men!

To Thy Praise! From where came I to now have been

In Thy Honor! Legacy written here into the future then

 

Faith! Family! Freedom! Might just be all there really---is!

In one eternal instant, the only mercy blessing will be…His!

Amen!