Centre of the universe

Huddersfield is currently centre of the snowy universe, according to BBC News 24 who have had more reporters in these parts than ever before in living memory. So here is a prayer for snowy weather, from your own correspondent.

Prayers in snowy weather

As we try to keep a grip
we pray for gritters
without whom we would be slippers.

We pray too for those who have slipped up,
and who now clutter up wards
and out patient departments
with their sprains and fractures.

We pray for menders:
both those mending the slippers
and those mending everything else
that needs fixing in bad weather.
Roads, vehicles, transport systems:
all seem prone to break when the snow comes down.

We prayer for workers
and those staying at home:
so whether we work or play
we pray that the weather will not break us.

We prayer for meteorologists,
always the butt of jokes and poor memories:
As the weather systems weave their way around us,
keep them alert to the signs
ready to alert us to live carefully,

And when white once more gives way to green,
may we give thanks for all that has happened
that has kept us mindful of you
in whose footsteps we tred:
Jesus our Lord,