January 1, 2013

New Year begins with God’s Blessing

The Daily Bible Reading starts the New Year with the prayer the Lord gave (and still gives!) leaders to pray over the people of God, blessing them and us with God’s shine.

The LORD spoke to Moses,
saying:

Speak to the leaders
and say,

Let this be the way
you bless My people, saying:

May the LORD bless you and keep you.

May the LORD cause His face
on you

to shine.

May the LORD be gracious
to you,

and lift you

into the image of God
and give you peace.

Shalom.

In this way, the leaders
may bless the people of God
with the Name of God,

and on each of them
the LORD’s own
“God bless” will rest.

Shalom.

© 2013, Mary Harwell Sayler, prayer-a-phrased poem from Numbers 6:22-27

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4 comments:

  1. Shari LeKaneJanuary 1, 2013 at 7:02 PM

    Shalom, Mary Harwell Sayler, Shalom; and may you be blessed with a very happy new year in 2013!
    - Shari

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  2. Mary SaylerJanuary 2, 2013 at 7:55 AM

    Thanks! And may God bless those who come in search of Him.

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  3. Feon DavisJanuary 1, 2015 at 10:06 AM

    bless you and what a blessing to read.

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  4. Mary SaylerJanuary 4, 2015 at 1:07 AM

    Thank you, Feon. Your encouraging words are a blessing to me.

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