God,
As the seasons change, as leaves turn and days shorten
Give us the wisdom to see how you move in creation
To watch as the leaves fall and grass withers,
And to see the beauty of nature yielding to your course and making way for new growth and new beginnings
Open our eyes to see this glory
Open our hearts to be receptive to the change you call for within us
Open our minds that we might learn and grow in the new season
Open our spirits that we might receive the fresh wind of your anointing
Give us the wisdom to see how you are moving in and through us
Help us that might we make way for your will to be done
And when the days are short, and the night grows longer
Teach us to take refuge in you.
In Christ we pray,
Amen.