A prayer of blessing for your family this fall by Rebecca Currington.

From everlasting to everlasting the Lord's love is with those who fear him and his

righteousness with their children's children.

Psalm 103 17. Life like nature unfolds in seasons.

Springtime mirrors childhood, full of new beginnings and fresh hope, a time of innocence in discovery.

Summer, like our teen years, simmers with white-hot passion and the illusion of invincibility.

Autumn speaks of maturity with its rich kaleidoscope of brilliant colors and settled calm.

Finally, winter sneaks up and covers the ground with a blanket of white, just as age brings a covering of settled rest and quiet

contemplation.

As this fall season approaches, I find myself delighting in the autumn of my life,

old enough to appreciate my blessings and young enough to engage them wholeheartedly.

I find that I've come to a place of prominence just as my mother and grandmother did before me.

I relish my new place and the responsibility that comes with it to set the tone for my family, celebrate our differences, and speak

blessing over each beloved family member.

I also appreciate my role in fostering our family bond. Let's face it, family gatherings can be

stressful due to differences of opinion, opposing political views, and unending

to do lists, and all the traveling our modern families have to do to see each other.

Therefore, I'm happy to prayerfully serve as peacemaker.

So before this busy fall season begins, I ask that you join me as we

lift up our families in all their messiness to our Heavenly Father who loves us all

and is the author of our peace. Won't you pray with me now?

Dear Father, in your beautiful Book of Psalms, chapter 103 in verse 17, you give us this wonderful promise.

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