NATURE

It is written on the arched sky
It looks out from every star.
It is the poetry of Nature.
It is that which uplifts the spirit within us.

John Ruskin

Holy Spirit which created us:
always invisible, ever present,
keep me aware. Keep me alert.

Let me respect the architecture of the human body,
the ferocious power of earthquakes and fiery volcanoes.
Let me see you, God, as the Artist of skies and sunsets.

Remind me of Your hand as You let the rains fall,
ice-crystal the trees and blanket meadows with clover.

The Incas thought the sun was You.
Scientists tell us it is a roiling mass of hot gases.
Let me realize always that You made this sun:
It blazes in the sky as a reminder of Your power,
Your magnificence: You, the Light of the world.

Each day as my senses take in the world,
as I breathe the air and walk the ground
keep me aware. Keep me alert.
Keep me faithful and thankful for Your gift
of the grand and God-gloried earth.

Amen

(c) 2011 Donn B. Murphy

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