We thank you God for the year
past
joys and sorrows
achievements and
failures
growth and
loss
We offer you
all we have done
and all we've left
undone
who we have become and
who we never will be
We thank you, God for the new
year
hopes and
fears
potential and
challenge
what will happen to
us
and what we'll make of
it
We offer
you
all we'll
do
and all we'll leave
undone
who we'll become
and
how we will not
change
We resolve to live in circles of
gathering
in the sacred
space
you hold for
us
larger circles
of
community
smaller circles
of
relationships
everyone in the
circle
no one without
a
circle
We hold spaces in the circles of our
lives
for others to
grow
and
live
and become
who they
are
spaces for
us
to grow
and
live
and become
who we
are
We are free persons
free
families
free
communities
free to create our
future
become what we want to be
who we want to
be
Life is learning
to want the best for
us
look at each
other
look in ourselves
to catch a reflection
of God
Pay attention to these reflections
and mirror
the life of God
in our life
in our life
together
And that knowledge
guides our choices
and gives shape
to our dreams (ŠJack F. Price
2010)
Thanks for continuing to bless me as
we journey together.
Jack F. Price, Senior Pastor
Crossroads
Church
Kansas
City, MO
(816)
931-8420
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Faith: Honest Answers about God, the Bible, and the Church Today
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