Praise and Thanksgiving for Life

 

For this life, O great creator and sustainer,

We thank you--

This life coursing through our bodies

Even as we pause to reflect on its passing. and its ending.

For life is passing, and

Each glorious moment queued for its turn in passing,

At once enriching us and draining us,

Tells us how miraculous is this,

Your gift of life.

 

We praise you and thank you for this gift,

The gifts of wonder, sight, hearing, smell, and touch.

We gather this morning to explore your gifts,

Which have become our gifts to accept and give again--

To ponder the questions posed by living

To wonder at the mystery posed by dying. 

 

Enlighten us in our wonderment.

Guide us to true wisdom.

We praise and thank you and give you glory.

 

 

 

September 21, 2007