Autumn Benediction #‎movingforward

#‎movingforward‬ I have to thank all of you ladies and our praying leaders  for helping me to move forward this week. Last night I took some time and prayed for all of the people who I have given myself to in the past...trying to meet my needs and get approval from people other than God. It was a beautiful autumn evening and I took the scenic route home so I could gaze on the beauty of the colored leaves and changing scenery. I released each person, asked God to bless their lives and then RECLAIMED the many, many pieces of myself I had given away. I asked God to restore me to wholeness mind, body, heart and soul. This was the result:



 AUTUMN BENEDICTION


It is fitting that I released you in the autumn
The season of impending death
In nature.
I wished you well and blessed your life;
Praying for light and love.
Releasing you into the hand of God.

Then I prayed for myself…
A different kind of blessing
Please oh please
Like the blooms that fade in fall
Wither
Then die...
I beseech the Almighty to
Shrink your hold on me
In much the same way;
Restore the fragments of me
To me
So that I am whole;
So that I am free.