Here’s
a beautiful prayer from Carol Penner’s Leading
in Worship blog.
Prayer
(inspired by Genesis
1)
Lord
you give life to life!
From
Day One,
your Spirit brooding over the deep,
your wind rushing, your breath filling.
your Spirit brooding over the deep,
your wind rushing, your breath filling.
As
creatures of the earth,
we inhale your grace,
rejoicing in life abundant.
we inhale your grace,
rejoicing in life abundant.
We
use our breath, our being
to raise this hymn of praise:
to raise this hymn of praise:
Hallelujah
to the sun’s hot passion
embracing the ground’s great shoulders!
embracing the ground’s great shoulders!
Hallelujahs
for the growth from seed to plant
greening the earth; its fruit—beauty and food!
greening the earth; its fruit—beauty and food!
Hallelujahs
for generations of life
tumbling one after another,
life creeping, swimming, flying, running,
below, above, upon, within.
tumbling one after another,
life creeping, swimming, flying, running,
below, above, upon, within.
All
the world sings, calls, signals, speaks
praise to God whose glory grows in all that breathes!
praise to God whose glory grows in all that breathes!
Fill
us, enliven us to be ambassadors of life divine,
breathing out your song in harmony,
singing to our Creator,
whose Holy Spirit is unending, ageless, eternal
and ever new.
breathing out your song in harmony,
singing to our Creator,
whose Holy Spirit is unending, ageless, eternal
and ever new.
~
written by Carol Penner, and posted on Leading
in Worship. http://carolpenner.typepad.com/leadinginworship/
