God Will Dawn On You

Spreading The Truth One Byte At A Time

By Ron Bender© 2008, 2013

Early one winter morning at the Prince of Peace Abbey I got up to pray. It was still dark. I stood at the edge of the hill and looked out over the valley below and the mountains in the distant horizon.

As the birds chirped, I stood in the dark, shivering, and waiting for the sun to rise. I prayed my psalm for the morning: Psalm 67, which is a benediction that goes back to the original one that God gave to Moses 3,500 years ago to bless the Israelites (Numbers 6:24-26).

As I prayed I saw the Son of God smiling in the sun! What joy to see Christ’s smile! Ever since this is what I see when the sun is shining. (To remind myself I created an icon of this and put it in My Psalms Prayer Book and here for you.)

I was inspired to write some Benedictions, including this one called “God will Dawn on You.” The meditation that led to this prayer poem is an example of Praying a Psalm.

Even today I enjoyed praying this, May God use it to show you the smile of Christ in Psalm 67 and in the sunshine.  And may you shine God’s light through your face and your person to everyone you meet.

God Dawns on You

May God be gracious to us

And bless us

And make his face shine upon us

Selah

In the darkness that was

And the dawning that is

And the daylight that is to come

Selah

May we praise God today

And join the angels of heaven

And all of creation

Selah

In the name of the Father

And the Son

And the Spirit

Amen

 

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