Let Us Pray 

Under the warmth

of the summer sun

the world awakes and blossoms

into every imaginable colour

You created a garden for us to enjoy

and within it planted

the most magical of flower and trees.

You needed no horticultural training

to plan your colour scheme

no gardening expert

to recommend variety or design.

Your garden is perfect

its colours harmonious

its scale immense

spoilt only by the clumsiness of those who tend it.

Creator God

who breathed this world into being

who is discernible within

the harmony of nature

the perfection of a butterfly's wing

the grandeur of a mountain range

the soaring eagle and humming bird

thank you for this world

which you have created

Thank you for summer sun

which reminds us

that your creative breath

is still alive and active.

Thank you for the warmth of your love

sustaining this world

your garden

John Birch

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