Creator God
sun and rain, wind and calm, mountain and valley
declare your glory
where there no humans to speak of your majesty
even the rocks themselves, in their rugged beauty and stratigraphy, would cry out that you are Lord of all being
their voice, and the voice of all the earth, extends throughout the ages, speaking to the universe of the Lord God.
The Lord God whom we known and love
The Lord God whom we can speak of and to and with
through words said and unsaid,
words on our lips and words in our hearts
though our gathered words of praise and prayer,
that together, we may gather to worship you,
that we may, in this hour, draw close to you,
feel your presence within and around us
come to deepen our knowledge of your law of love
A law you wish to be written on our hearts
a law which refreshes the soul as a cooling, soothing balm
a law which is more precious to us than gold
Lord
you are our Rock, our Redeemer
it is on that foundation our faith, our lives are built
yet there are times when our rock is insecure,
our cornerstone is shoogily
through our individualism, our selfishness, our independence
though turning your law of love into a love of law
through being buffeted by the storms around and within us
and we loose sight of our faith, we fail to fully trust your ways for us
But that faith is in and on the Messiah, Jesus Christ, our Lord, in and through whom all our sins, all our faults are removed and we are set free to truly worship you
in our words and on our hearts
this day and forevermore
Amen