Matthew 18:20 – hymnsandbooks

At the rising and the setting – a hymn. Matthew 18:20 At a time of a Methodist New Year, a time of meetings and decisions this text reminds us that, ‘…where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.’

1         At the rising and the setting
           of a thousand golden suns,
           life is turning on a pivot,
           birth to death each journey runs.

2         Through our morning’s contemplation,
           God is present in the mist
           of a thousand conversations,
           speaking words we might resist.

3         Speaking words that urge us forward,
           words to hasten or restrain,
           words to energise our gladness,
           words to comfort in our pain.

4         In the reading of the scripture,
           in our prayer and in our praise,
           in mundane and daily actions,
           God be with us through all days.

Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)

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