Lord, You Are

Lord,

You are the hand that carved out the oceans and canyons and piled high the pinnacles of the mountains. You are the creator and the life force of everything that lives. From the simple complexity of the uncountable leaves of everything that rises from the earth to the incredible marvel of all living flesh, you are the artist and creator who imagined it all. Your genius is indescribable and good beyond measure.

You are the majestic, awesome and mysterious wonder of the night sky. The marvels of your character are as without limit as the canvas of the heavens you created. Your will alone is the power that holds the heavenly bodies in place and gives permission for stars to fall my omnipotent Father. They dance at your whim and twinkle with delight in your presence.

Your spirit is the cool rushing mountain stream that gives life and refreshment to the face of the earth cascading over the high places and thundering as it falls. It washes away the debris of this life and in your time, smooths even the hardest stone hearts and shapes living pathways that only it can foretell.

Your life is in the cry of every newborn creature and your spirit in the tenderness of a mother's heart. Your boldness is in the heart of every man who stands against the overwhelming oppression of loves' enemy in just and righteous cause. You are the undeniable source of all that is eternally good, omnipotently powerful and truly wise.

There are no words or salutations of men just or worthy to describe the greatness of your glory, but the sweet song of your immeasurable humility rings out across the universe in the greatest volume in a song that you sing over lowly creatures such as us. It's a song you sing to the unworthy, the fallen and disgraced. It's melody gave light to the sun and set all of creation in motion - it's the song of your love for us.

My heart cannot find words my God to do justice to the depth of my gratitude for the honor you bestow on me to be called your child. Great and awesome Spirit who walks among the stars and gives birth to all things great and good, I know not what brings your affection or even your notice to such a creature fashioned from the dust of the earth. But in all humbleness of heart and spirit I give my thanks in unending worship and praise for as many moments that eternity holds. My heart and my love are yours forever ...