A PRAYER FOR EPIPHANY 3 OT

Psalm 19(NIV)

1 The heavens declare the glory of God;

    the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

2 Day after day they pour forth speech;

    night after night they reveal knowledge.

3 They have no speech, they use no words;

    no sound is heard from them.

4 Yet their voice[b] goes out into all the earth,

    their words to the ends of the world.

In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.

5     It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,

    like a champion rejoicing to run his course.

6 It rises at one end of the heavens

    and makes its circuit to the other;

    nothing is deprived of it

Wherever we look, your creation shouts

Hallelujah

God be praised

On the shoreline we marvel at the expanse of the ocean

and listen to your voice roar in the waves

In the middle of the dark green forest

we hear you whisper amidst the pines and mocking jays

Glancing at the midnight sky

we watch the dance of the stars across the cosmos

In the waking of the dawn

we watch the world and its creatures awake to a new day

 Wherever we look, your creation shouts

Hallelujah

God be praised

We observe the seasons come one after another

The heat of the summer

and colors of the fall

The snows of the winter

and green of the spring

We marvel as days roll on

the rush of the weeks

and the passing of the years

the measure of a lifetime

and the preciousness of the moment

Wherever we look, your creation shouts

Hallelujah

God be praised

How can we express our thanks

voice our gratitude

We raise a chorus of acclaim

Chants and songs of thanksgiving

Words of exaltation for the creation

we are blessed to live and work

and participate in

How can we express our thanks

voice our gratitude

Our words fall short

our anthems and creeds inadequate

to what we see

hear

touch

smell

Wherever we look, your creation shouts

Hallelujah

God be praised

May our lives be our humble thanks

May our gifts be our response

May our work be our anthems

May our prayers be our witness

Wherever we look, your creation shouts

Hallelujah

God be praised

Amen