Our Father in Heaven, God of the Universe,

I begin this day in a state of seeking, hungry, thirsty, lowly and lifted.

I come as a man washed and yet, desiring to enter the depths of the river and flow with its mighty course, fresh and free.

I drink from the fountain of grace and drink again and, while satisfied, ever desiring to drink more that its nurturing presence might enter deeper and deeper into my soul.

I pray with some knowledge and much ignorance for those who also cry out,

"Our Father …"

I embrace them in every yearning of my soul and join in their concerns with every

"amen."

We are many and we are one and in Your Son, there is no contradiction and there is no condemnation and there is no competition.

You love is abundant and free.

Your people, made in Your image, have Your attention and You have created them uniquely and wonderfully to each reflect some facet of Your character.

Grant that I might see You in each person I meet today and may Your love flow through me to them and may You draw us each unto Yourself

in the Strong embrace of Jesus and the sweet fellowship of the Holy Spirit. In Jesus' Name.

Amen.