Father God, creator and sustainer of life
majesty, honour and praise are yours and yours alone
the world around us is teeming with signs of you
signs of rain and wind,
signs of sun and calm waters
signs of love bursting forth all around
This is wonderful, too wonderful for us
mere morals to fully understand
and we find our only response is to bow before you
in adoration and praise,
knowing we only see a poor reflection of your glory
knowing our worship is less wondrous, than that in heaven
knowing our hearts desire to offer you what we can
this hour, this day
our love, our devotion, our trust
you are our rock, the foundation on which we build our lives on
from before our births, you loved us
with a prefect love
no words can express what this means to us
so we pause, in the quiet of this place to simply accept that love with the openness and trust of children, your children
Christ our Lord, God incarnate
in and through you all we see and know and are was created
you came into our world, risking all, giving up all status and power
to show God’s love, for all people, for the whole of creation
you must despair sometimes that we, your church, your people called to follow you,
we get concerned about status and position
we admire those with great gifts of the world
we fail to be love in the world in a million and one ways
Lord, forgive us, cleanse us of all the ways we fail to be your love in this world and, through your mercy you teach us a better way and through the holy spirit, guide us in your way.
The way of Jesus Christ, our saviour, our redeemer, who taught us to pray together: