Thank you, Father for reminding us to be love in all things. Thank you for reminding us to come to you with our humble requests, as well as our cares and worries. You encourage us to drop them at your feet as you remind us that life is what we make of it. Do we want to spend our time here learning new things and challenging ourselves to reach greater goals? Do we want to go through a process of transformation that brings out our greatest qualities? Do we seek inspiration to create great works of art that inspire someone else to do the same. Do we want to create masterpieces of every kind imaginable that touch the human heart and stir the soul. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” (Philippians 4:6)

Bless us today in all we do. Help us rise to new heights and expand to greater knowingness. Aid us in honing our skills and knowing when to use them. Give us the courage to give you all that makes us heavy and weighs us down to recraft our lives in ways that make you smile and shine your Light. Help us, Father, reach to new heights that give us joy. Put us on a trajectory that pushes humanity upward and gives us hope. “My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver. I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice, bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full.” (Proverbs 8:19-21)

Thank you Father, for lifting us up out of the muck and mire, for taking the lid off so that we can soar to new heights, and thank you for the gifts of peace and freedom in the world. You want us to remember how much you dearly love us, you want us to never fall into despair, ever again. This is the divinity with which we were so lovingly encoded, by your hand, with your heart. And in that, we humbly rise, side by side and shoulder to shoulder, to new heights. Amen.