On Tuesday my job required me to travel to another campus, about 70 miles north-east of Dallas. It's an assignment for which I am always ready to volunteer. It does my soul good to get out of the city and see countryside. My favorite part of the drive is when there are no other cars on the road, just an occasional cow in the wildflowers, and listening to my favorite traveling CD, Coldplay's "Rush to the Head." But for a change in routine I pulled out a CD with arias by Puccini. I'm not usually an opera buff, but there are a few songs that are near perfection: "O, Mio Babbino Caro" & the 3rd Act of "Nessun Dorma." It doesn't bother me if songs are in another language. I tend to let the words become part of the whole song and not a section on which to focus. I used the repeat button to loop the songs over and over... and over again.
My prayer for the congregation?
Dear God, You provide a perfect rhythm that calls our name and we never tire of hearing our name from your voice. Sometimes we may not recognize the exact words, but in times of grace, in times of cooperation, in times of miracles we understand that the undercurrent of your presence has been there all along, offering hope, seeking justice and reconciling wrongs. A perfect composition! Let us listen for your contagious melody in the life of this congregation. Let us join in refrain and let us never grow tired of your name resounding from our lips in continuous prayer. Amen
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