In greeting of the day, Father, we welcome a new opportunity to face the darkness and with our gaze, will light up its depths because where there is darkness we will sow light. In all of this, in everything we do, we are reminded to maintain a healthy, nurturing love for ourselves, to claim God’s Love for us personally, and to tangibly feel it, right now. To carry that love and bear that light in everything we do. To affect the planet in new and profound ways, because when we say “I am” we are declaring that we are of you, Father, and that we carry a part of you, inside us.

We delight in doing so, Father, because every time we look into the darkness, we are reclaiming your territory for you. “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.” (Romans) Because when we live with you in the forefront of our focus, our lives are enriched by a purpose so pure, that it carries everywhere on the flutter of a thousand butterfly wings, to light everything up like the glittering reflection of sunlight on the surface of the purest lake.

Bless all these changes, Father, and please bless how we are affecting our world through our thoughts, words, actions and deeds. May anything that comes from us that is not of the highest light be cleansed and transformed into the best intentions, as it says in Colossians, “Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.” We know that by stepping through these changes, we will have an opportunity to see a world go from dark to light, according to your holy covenant, and we will know that we did our part in it, to make it the best it can be for our children and grandchildren.

In gratitude,

In loving service,

Amen.