God of New Beginnings

A prayer for the new year…

God of new beginnings,

We admit that we often follow the well-worn path,

simply because others have been there before.

Sometimes this is holy and humble,

but there are days when a new path needs to be tread.

On those new-beginning days, O God,

give us the courage to follow your star.

Give us the courage to go home by another way.

Give us the courage to kick up some dust and walk in a new direction

for the sake of justice, love, and neighbor.

For when you are doing a new thing, we want to have the courage to follow.

With hope in our hearts we wander, we travel.

Amen.

[Credit: Sanctified Art]