God, it seems you’ve been our home forever; long before the mountains were born, Long before you brought earth itself to birth, from “once upon a time” to “kingdom come”—you are God. Patience! You’ve got all the time in the world—whether a thousand years or a day, it’s all the same to you. Oh! Teach us to live well! Teach us to live wisely and well! -Psalm 90:1-2, 4, 12

Take a moment to consider the ways that you mark time or milestones.

Do you think that our culture talks about time in a way that encourages us to be more frantic? Are there terms we need to let go of so we can think about time in a more gracious way?

As you navigate this week, I would invite you re read these words in Psalm 90 again at the beginning and end of the day. Each day is a gift from God and when we close a school year, we may realize how quickly it has gone or how we may have rushed through some of these days.

For a brief moment, I pray this prayer from Psalm 90 can bring some calmness, peace and pause to your day.

Prayer for Today

Creator God, you are the Maker of everything that exists, the Author of the world and of all living things. You are the Creator of both space and time. Because you give us the gift of time we have the opportunity to think and to act, to plan and to pray, to give and to receive, to create and to relate, to work and to rest, to strive and to play, to love and to worship. In Christ’s Name, Amen.