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PRAYER of the Month
Shepherd me as I enter into a new year.
But with a new underlayment of sadness. These next steps will surely
Be stumbling and faltering, O Christ.
I doubt I will always have the strength required.
So remind my hesitant heart that I need not
muster in myself some stoic resolve that was never there.
For you, O Lord, have promised never to leave me
Or forsake me. I am yours. And it is by and in
Your power that even my present weakness is met and held.
You do not ask me to be strong,
But to trust in your strength.
As I enter this new year carrying with me great loss
And change, let my heart be fresh-anchored
In your faithfulness, renewed by your Spirit,
And refreshed by your love.
adapted from Every Moment Holy, Volume II
