The Remembering Prayer

In Preschool my daughters learned a simple prayer that I’ve come to love. There are motions that go with it, but we’ll have to save those for another day. The prayer goes like this:

God made the sun. God made the sea. God made the fish. God made me.
Thank you for the sun. Thank you for the sea. Thank you for the fish. Thank you, God for me.

I love this prayer because it reminded my daughters to notice the Creator, the One who is the source of all life. It reminded them that God made each of us, and for this reason life is sacred and it is a gift. Perhaps most importantly, it reminded them to give thanks – even for life itself.

Today may you remember that you are loved by God, created in God’s own image. May you remember that the life that you live, the air you breathe, even the birds and the sun and the world around you are all gifts from God. They are holy and sacred. May you remember and give thanks!

Our prayer today comes out of the Presbyterian Book of Common Worship. 

Let us pray:

Eternal God, 
You are the power behind all things:
behind the energy of the storm,
behind the heat of a million suns.

Eternal God,
you are the power behind all minds:
behind the ability to think and reason,
behind all understanding of the truth.

Eternal God,
you are the power behind the cross of Christ;
behind the weakness… and death,
behind unconquerable love.

Eternal God,
we worship and adore you. Amen