Tuesday, July 11, 2006

prayer of formation

Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
Dirt to dirt and Mud to mud

God’s back bent
over earth’s cosmic wheel

Divine thumb prints
Covering us
Forming us
Shaping us

Mud to life
Star dust to far galaxies

Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
Dirt to dirt and Mud to mud

God who forms
People and planet,
Us,
our neighbour,
our poor,
our differently abled

Help us love your creation as you first loved us.

Form
Your Kingdom come
Your will be done
From
us, in us, through us,

In the name of all that is life,
Creator
Incarnator
Resurector

Amen

Written for espresso church community last nite.

Posted by steve at 10:17 PM

2 Comments

  1. This poem really spoke to me, so thank you. 🙂 Puts it into perspective really.

    Comment by Anita — July 12, 2006 @ 2:09 pm

  2. thanks anita. appreciate the encouragement. it was a rich night – humour, good conversation, people learning for themselves, multimedia in worship, food…

    Comment by steve — July 12, 2006 @ 5:06 pm

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