It is a little after 8:30 p.m. EST and I am in my jammies in bed. It has felt like a very lonnnnngggggg but mostly good week. I am relieved that the weekend is here, though I have some work I need to do. I am grateful for the week just past.
I will not write much tonight. I am exceedingly tired having gone to bed after 12:30 last night and rising around 6 a.m. this morning. For the first time on my commute home I was seriously sleepy. Fortunately it didn’t really hit me until I was off the highway, but it was still a little unnerving nonetheless and I thanked God with the sincerest gratitude for getting me home safely. While I am grateful for that every day, I was particularly so this evening.
I will be going to sleep soon, having turned off my alarm with no intention to set it for tomorrow. Given that I have fallen asleep a few times since I started this blog, I am going to close with the promise of writing a slightly more coherent post tomorrow. I will end by offering the night time prayer from the New Zealand Prayer Book:
God, it is night.The night is for stillness.
Let us be still in the presence of God.
It is night after a long day.
What has been done has been done;
what has not been done has not been done;
let it be.
The night is quiet.
Let the quietness of your peace enfold us,
all dear to us,and all who have no peace.
The night heralds the dawn.
Let us look expectantly to a new day,
new joys,new possibilities.
In your name we pray. Amen.
