“Let the name of the LORD be praised, both now and forevermore. From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the LORD is to be praised.” (Psalm 113:2-3)

Father,
Today we contemplate our place in the world and the state of everything. We so want our world to be a safer, cleaner more loving place for our children. We are determined to clean out old stuck ways of doing things to make room to create new ways that will grow as we grow, ways that celebrate the light of the human spirit making a statement of the love that we are. We want live in the way of the heart, Father, just as your son, Jesus taught us. To take the path inward to truly know and love ourselves. “And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” (Ezekiel 36:26)

By cleaning out old crumbs that are leftover from things long gone, and welcoming in a brighter, lighter, more expanded way of being, we are renewing ourselves in the flow of life again as difficulties and challenges melt away and we thrive in the buoyancy of your living waters. “Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.” (Proverbs 4:23)

When we are in acceptance of ourselves, our view of the world becomes more interactive. We see love flowing and we see how everything comes from your love for us, your children. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” (Matthew 5:8) Give us this day a healed heart, Father. May we be so lucky as to experience life from the perspective of one who has walked through the cleansing fires and emerged clean and whole.

Let it be so,

In Jesus’ name,

Amen.