Another sparkling frosty morning, like the one earlier in the week, and quite comfortable without a coat. It feels as if all creation is singing quietly.
“I will not leave you orphaned…” (John 14:18). That slender promise carried the early Christians through all kinds of trouble, persecution, danger and conflict. It can be hard to seize hold of – sometimes we keep it in mind only as a prayer.
Creator God, we praise and thank you
for the changing beauty of nature,
for quiet, cold mornings,
buffeting winds,
refreshing rain.
God-in-Christ, we thank and praise you
for you great love,
perceived through a curtain of tears,
in the echo of a promise,
in the rush of joy
and abundant life.
God the Spirit, we praise and thank you,
Holy Entrepreneur,
seeing opportunities,
making chance meetings,
bringing us together with one another
and with you.
Wonderful God,
we worship you,
now and always.