by Rev. Carol        

This song reminds me;

In all the seasons of your life, in all thy ways, acknowledge God.

As a Child, I naturally took much delight in discovering the world around me.

My wide eyed wonder and pleasure at life is a prayer:

World so big, world so wide; Remarkable to my young eyes;

In land and sea and air…

I see Beauty There.

Oh! The joy of finding just the right rock to add to the collection;

Just the right color ribbon for my hair;

The right answer to the test question just before the bell rings

Signaling “time’s up”;

Just the right date for the prom.

My innocents and freedom and zest for life is a prayer.

 World so grand, world so filled, with all things wonderful that will

Supply all needs everywhere…

I see Beauty There.

This song reminds me:

 In truth, we, a people, are abundantly provided for;

Infinitely loved.  We are complete and sufficient at every moment,

Even where we are right now. 

In our forgetfulness we fear.

In our imaginings we think the joys and pleasures we experience in the world,

Are supplied by the world.  We forget our delight is really in the Father and the Son,

and we bring it with us to the world. 

The world, you see, is a neutral thing;

And the beauty that I see, is the beauty that’s in me.

The world serves as God’s perfect plan to call us to remembering.

And this song calls me to remembering.

My recognition, observation, and acceptance of this divine plan is a prayer.

World so secure it could; be grossly misunderstood;

Seeming at times hard to bear; misperceived in pain and fear.

But judging rightly, not what appears;

And looking through, not at the tears;

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