Posts Tagged ‘new season’

Litergy for a time of Change

June 8th, 2009

Here is a litergy that I wrote for a friend a little while ago, but lately it has felt very appropriate for not only her life, but also mine and many others in my circle so I wanted to share it.

*Lord, God you are Alpha and Omega,
 beginning and the end

You are God of our beginnings
You are God of our endings


*God of the ending

*God who causes the sun to set
And the leaves to fall from the trees

*God who inspires the caterpillar to crawl into the cocoon
And the tides to rise and recede

You are in the endings

*May we be a people who end well

 

*This is a day of ending

We mourn together for that which will not be again.

(silence)

*We say goodbye to the years that have past,
And thank you for the years gone by

*We thank you for your presence

*We thank you for your guidance and provision

*We thank you for your love

We thank you for the work of your spirit

*We thank you for the mystery of cocooning,

*The darkness of uncertainty,

*The tears of yesterday.

*We thank you for the beauty of the setting sun,
the wonder of your presence in our midst,
the laughter that has been.

*May we never forget where we’ve been and where we come from

*May we honor the past that has been,

But move forward in power and freedom

*God of endings, break clean the ties that hold us down,
tear loose the chains that bind us

And set us free to fly into new beginnings

 

*God of the beginning

*God who causes the sun to rise
And flowers to blossom in new life

*God who inspires butterflies to burst forth into the sky
And the tides to rise and recede

You are in the beginnings

*May we be a people who begin well

 

*This is a day of beginning

We sing together for that which is yet to come

(silence)

*Together we welcome the coming tide of change
and look forward to the years to come

*We look forward to your presence with us

*We look forward to your guidance and provision

*We look forward to your love

We look forward to the work of your spirit.

*We thank you for the mystery of new birth,

*The lightness of your presence,

*The freedom of tomorrow.

*We thank you for the beauty of the new dawn,
the wonder of your presence in our midst,
the laughter which is to come.


*May we move forward in strength into that which is yet to be

*May we lean into your leading in our lives,

Move us forward in power and freedom

*God of beginnings, break clean the ties that hold us down,
tear loose the chains that bind us

And set us free to fly into new beginnings


*Alpha and Omega, you are God of All

*Be God of this new season. Amen. 

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Rejoicing in the journey -
Bethany Stedman

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Alive and Ready

August 29th, 2008

Alright, so yes, I’m alive. J I’ve had a couple people contact me in the last day or two wondering if I’m ok. Many have cited the fact that I haven’t written a blog in 9 days as the clue they had that things weren’t quite right. Well, if you’ve been wondering, things haven’t been quite right. My husband and I were both sick over the past week and a half which was not fun. But, we are feeling better now and my house is thoroughly cleaned and we are ready to get back to the land of the living! J

Today I felt a clear closing of a door and a clear opening of another one. Over the last 29 days since we lost our job we have been spending a little time doing odd projects and working on getting new jobs but mostly we took the beginning of the month to enjoy Bryan’s sister being here and to just recoup and relax. We went out with friends, we went sightseeing, we watched movies, we played games, and we spent a lot of time hanging out together and talking about our life and our dreams. Then the second half of the month we were both sick so we didn’t do much of anything.

But, today I felt a change. Today felt like fall. Today I felt ready for the next stage in our lives, ready for the next job, the next project, the next season. Today I cleaned my whole house because I felt like I needed to start this new season with a cleansing – of my house, my stuff and myself. That’s what I felt like today was for me, a cleansing. And now I’m tired, but ready for what’s to come.

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Bethany Stedman

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