July 14, 2011

Earth is your creation, and all that is in it,

But, O Lord,

We so often fail to recognize your work in creation.

We do not you in each other,

We do not see you in nature,

We do not see you in ourselves.

We close ourselves from your love,

And we clothe ourselves in folly.

Help us to return to you,

And help us to learn of you.

Amen.

July 13, 2011

Lord God,

Be in the world.

Lord God,

Speak a new message to us.

Lord God,

Teach us to love.

Lord God,

Help us to serve.

Lord God,

Cause us to be who you want us to be.

Amen.

July 12, 2011

God in heaven,

Sometimes all I can say is why.

Why are things the way they are,

Why are things so sad,

So broken?

If we were God,

We would make so many changes.

But we trust in you,

So thank you that you are in control,

Not us.

Amen.

July 11, 2011

Lord, breathe into this world new life,

A reason to be,

A future to look forward to,

Hope,

And joy.

Help us to see you clearly,

So we can model ourselves after you.

Amen.

July 10, 2011

We have no language skills to describe you,

We have such poor capacity to understand things without language.

But, Lord God, you speak to us in the language of our hearts,

Filling us from the inside.

Perhaps you use words with some,

But for many, a simple stirring of the soul

Is the only message we may receive from you.

Yet it is your message nonetheless.

Help us to recognize those messages,

And help us to follow their directions.

Amen.

July 9, 2011

How can we know you, Lord?

How do we describe our relationship with you?

You are like a mother,

Loving us fully, no matter what we do.

You are like a father, holding us close in your arms.

You are neither father nor mother, yet you are both and more.

Help us to open our eyes to the many surprising ways you relate to us.

Amen.

July 8, 2011

All of us serve something, O God.

Let it be you.

Amen.