Everywhere and everytime God,

you are always with us,

in our birthing and childhood and youth,

in our adulthood and old age and beyond.

And you put your word and wisdom into the mouths

of many father’s and mother’s daughters and sons.

The butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker

are all prophets from time to time

speaking your words of grace and hope and love.

We see them and hear them in the moment

and then they fade back into the crowd and we see them no more.

Help us hang onto their words even after they are gone.