A Quick Thought: In Gratitude

I was recently asked by a group of students to offer a prayer in thanksgiving for all of life’s many blessings. I later jotted down my thoughts and polished them a bit. Out of that experience came this prayer in gratitude that I would like to share with you:

A Prayer in Gratitude for Life’s Many Blessings

Divine Mother, Divine Father,

I thank you for life’s many blessings

For blue skies, and white clouds

For soaking rains, and oceans deep and wide

For trees and forests, mountains and streams

For villages, towns and towering cities

Oh Divine Parents,

I also thank you

For siblings, cousins, uncles and aunts,

For good work and co-worker friends

And bountiful meals, and those who prepare them

For a cool drink of lemonade on a hot summer’s day

And clean fresh drinking water all the year round,

For the snows of winter, the breezes of fall, the flowers of spring

For candlelight suppers and café lunches with best friends

I also thank you, Creator God, Spirit of the Universe,

For our families, friends and acquaintances,

And their hugs, kisses and belly rubs

For winged, crawling, burrowing, barking and slithering beings

For stone people, and earth people, and water nymphs, and elves and fairies

For the angels and archangels, saints and bodhisattvas, spirit guides and wise travelers

For the shamans, priests, priestesses and ministers who help us

Find You

And hold Space for us

And help us see the Light

Even in the darkness

For babies and toddlers and kids of all ages

For lesbian, gay, two spirit, bisexual, transgender, and the gender queer,

And for all differently-abled sisters and brothers

I thank you, One Spirit,

For the moon, stars, planets, and galaxies

For worlds beyond ours, and dimensions beyond our understanding

I thank you Creator God, for life’s many blessings

Amen. Ah-ho. Ashe. So be it.

Peace and blessings until next week.

Rev. Chris