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God of wonders,

beautiful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well.
all beauty that is brought into the world is brought into it by You.
thank You for spring -- for the green that has come back once again to Your fields and forests, for wildflowers, for morning mist.

thank You for Your creatures -- especially the hawks that chose to build a nest in my front lawn and the chicks they are raising in it. thank You that You have provided a way for each and all of Your creatures to find sustenance and shelter.
thank You that You will also provide a way for me to find sustenance and shelter, and that i don't have to worry.
Savior, thank You that because You cannot deny Yourself You will be faithful to me and all whom You call by Your Name.

everything You make is wonderful, full-of-wonder.
how much more to the nth degree are You Yourself full-of-wonder.
i desire to know the nth degree of Your wonderfulness.

Lord of everything, we are weak; none of us can succeed or even live if You do not want us to. You are the Lord of everything, and You do what You want to. may we humble ourselves so that You don't have to. may we remind ourselves how weak and out-of-control we are -- before You decide to do that for us.

" For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
- Luke 14:11


every drop of inspiration we find has dripped down from You; we are incapable of producing inspiration in You -- You are the One who produces inspiration in us.


may we accept adversity and struggles from You as well as good. may we praise You even when our lives are as horrid as they can get.

"Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?"
--Job 2:10