revealed 1 September 2024
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Rt Rev Dr Shaw Patterson, Moderator of the Basic Meeting of the Church of Scotland, marked the beginning of the Season of Creation which started at present and can proceed till Friday 4 October.
He wrote:
I’m not a poet! Nevertheless, it was urged that I write a prayer or poem for the season of creation, and it acquired me considering. My try at a poem made me suppose extra deeply about creation and my place inside it as I started to write down and play with phrases. I hope my songs do the identical for you as I supply this prayer/poem that will help you replicate. Do not be afraid to revise, take extra or develop for those who do, my function will probably be served. I hope and pray that you just (and I) could also be impressed to suppose extra deeply into this season of creation.
Lord God,
We’re a part of your creation
We glance round, we use and abuse
We see what we lose
However now it is time for us to decide on
We’re a part of your creation
We moan and complain
We’re fast to level out the fault
However the whole lot stays precisely the identical
We’re a part of your creation
We specific our concern
We now fear, not if however when
However … we by no means appear to study
We’re a part of your creation
However what we do takes a toll
We glance round, what’s our aim
We’re concerned, we’ve roles
As a result of we’re a part of your creation
The time is now to get entangled
Thanks for caring for everybody
We are able to repair what we tousled
As a result of we’re a part of your creation
Seeing your magnificence throughout
Magnificence and surprise can nonetheless be discovered
We commit ourselves to being sure
As a result of we’re a part of your creation
Your creation is for everybody
Assist us hear that decision now
We reply for eternity
As a result of we’re a part of your creation
Bless us as we wish to take care
And do the whole lot we dare
We go away a legacy for all to share
As a result of we’re a part of your creation
Allow us to cherish every era
In each nook of each nation
As a result of… we’re a part of your creation.
