October Prayer

 Prayer on the last day of October    

God of Octobers, 
We thank you for this month
of clear blue skies,
of geese flying in formation,
of snakes sunning themselves 
on the path,
of squirrels busy
collecting nuts.
We thank you for 
the rich palette of colour
painted on the forests,
for the sounds of crunchy leaves
beneath our feet,
for abundant apples 
loading down branches
and scattered on the ground,
for pumpkin patches,
clusters of grapes, 
frosty mornings,
and the culmination
of the garden harvest.
God, in this holy 
season of transformation
may we be released from
the busyness and excesses of life,
so that we might learn to 
simply be present
to rest in your presence.
Amen. 

​- Wendy Janzen