“Prayer is not only a matter of saying the right sort of words to the right kind of God. Our being is involved, the way we are.”
by Eugene Peterson,
from Answering God: The Psalms as Tools for Prayer, p. 24
A prayer
inspired by Psalm 1
King of all the earth,
Creator of the universe,
Holy Triune God,
from everlasting to everlasting,
you are Lord.
Your law brings life, O Lord,
and we meditate on it day and night;
Happy are we when we walk in your ways, O Lord.
You are a rich stream of living waters,
and we would immerse ourselves in you;
Happy are we when we walk in your ways, O Lord.
You bring forth fruit in due season
and establish the work of our hands;
Happy are we when we walk in your ways, O Lord.
Who is like our God,
the One whose ways are full of life?
Happy are we when we walk in your ways, O Lord.
This is our God, the Holy One.
Come before him with thanksgiving
and offer him the sacrifice of praise.
from Oratio Contemplativa, posted on re:worship
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