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05/08/2019
A reflection and prayer to start the day with Rev Dr Lesley Carroll.
O for a thousand tongue to sing
We'll walk by faith
The power of the Cross
When I survey the wondrous cross
The Lord is my salvation
In Christ alone
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Mon 5 Aug 2019
05:43
麻豆约拍 Radio 4
PRAYER FOR THE DAY - SCRIPT 5 AUGUST 2019
Good morning. Fifty years ago, two men landed on the moon and made history. Shadowy television images and crackling radio reports bore witness to the event that was, 鈥渁 small step for man and a giant leap for mankind.鈥澛�
Last month we celebrated those events behind which there were three ordinary men, one of them Neil Armstrong from Ohio who coined that memorable phrase. Today is his birthday.
Back In 1956 Armstrong had married Janet Shearon and they had three children. Sadly, their middle child, Karen, died at 3 years of age from an inoperable brain tumour. it must have been both poignant and painful to be part of so public a history, to walk on the moon, to look at the earth as a dot on the landscape from the vantage point of the moon鈥檚 surface and return safely and at the same time carry the more private grief of the knowledge that your daughter鈥檚 life could not have been saved.
So on this his birthday we remember Armstrong as an ordinary man, bearing the weight of human tragedy and suffering. No level of success or achievement聽 saves any of us from the ups and downs of life. Not even walking on the moon.
When the Psalmist writes of God鈥檚 immensity and our humanity, he reminds us that God sees every detail of our lives and walks with us, choosing never to leave us.
We give thanks to you Lord God for your seeing eye that takes in all that we are, all our joys, all our hopes and all our losses, all our achievements and all our sorrows. We give you thanks for your eternal company with us. Amen.
Last month we celebrated those events behind which there were three ordinary men, one of them Neil Armstrong from Ohio who coined that memorable phrase. Today is his birthday.
Back In 1956 Armstrong had married Janet Shearon and they had three children. Sadly, their middle child, Karen, died at 3 years of age from an inoperable brain tumour. it must have been both poignant and painful to be part of so public a history, to walk on the moon, to look at the earth as a dot on the landscape from the vantage point of the moon鈥檚 surface and return safely and at the same time carry the more private grief of the knowledge that your daughter鈥檚 life could not have been saved.
So on this his birthday we remember Armstrong as an ordinary man, bearing the weight of human tragedy and suffering. No level of success or achievement聽 saves any of us from the ups and downs of life. Not even walking on the moon.
When the Psalmist writes of God鈥檚 immensity and our humanity, he reminds us that God sees every detail of our lives and walks with us, choosing never to leave us.
We give thanks to you Lord God for your seeing eye that takes in all that we are, all our joys, all our hopes and all our losses, all our achievements and all our sorrows. We give you thanks for your eternal company with us. Amen.
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