Here’s
a prayer of thanksgiving for the gift of creativity. It was written by Jennifer
Brownell, and posted on the RevGalBlogPals
website.
Prayer of Thanksgiving:
The Gift of Creativity
Creator
God,
As
we are made in Your image,
we
give You thanks for the seed of creativity You planted within each person.
We
praise the clean lines of the sculpture, the complexity of the concerto,
the
beauty of the poet’s words.
Grant
us, we pray,
the
capacity to appreciate creativity
where
we don’t always notice it.
The
perfectly clean and useful lines of a row of coat hangers, say,
or
the complexity of a computer that crashes (some days) but most days does not,
or
the beauty in a text message carrying everyday news.
Forgive,
us we pray,
for
those times we have squandered with aimless disregard
our
capacity to create,
and
for those times we have used our creativity
as
a force for destruction rather than reparation.
Help
us truly to live in appreciative awe of the creativity
that
you have planted within;
give
us the patience and courage to nourish that creativity,
and
the strength and persistence to express it.
In
Your name we pray,
Amen
~
written by Jennifer Brownell, and posted on the RevGalBlogPals website. https://revgalblogpals.org/2016/01/23/with-thanks-for-creativity-saturday-prayer/
