So grateful for the time we got to spend on Whidbey the last few days--- it sure feels like time slows down once you step off the ferry over there... 💗
Day 2 of sabbatical has sure been a treat. The Atkins have let us come to their cabin on Whidbey for a few days before Anna goes back to school and we are soaking up the magic here.
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Blessing of the Chalk for Marking the Door
Lord Jesus, through your Incarnation and birth in true human form, you have
made all the earth holy. We now ask your blessing upon this simple gift of your
creation — chalk. We use it as a tool to teach our children, and they use it as
a tool in their play and games. Now, with your blessing, may it become a tool
for us to mark the doors of our home with the symbols of your wise servants
who, so long ago, came to worship and adore you in your first home.
Mark the doorway with one or more of the symbols:
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Let’s take a moment to remember the friends and
family who have passed through our door during the past year and give thanks to
God for them.
O God of Stars and Journeys, we ask your blessing on this threshold. May all whose journeys lead them through these doors be blessed with health, generosity of spirit, a joyful heart, and deep peace. O God of Welcome, may all who enter this doorway rejoice to find Christ living among us, and may we seek and serve, in everyone we meet, that same Jesus who is the incarnate Word, now and forever. Amen
May we, in this house, and all who come to visit, to work, and to play, remember these things throughout the coming year. May all who come and go here find peace, comfort, joy, hope, love, and salvation, for Christ has come to dwell in this house and in these hearts.
