Prayer of Adoration

a prayer inspired by cute baby pictures

1. When I am totally amazed by the awesome
vastness of the universe,
When I realize that I am part of something
much bigger than I can conceive,
Then I know what it is to call you Creator God
Architect of the heavens and the Earth – maker
of all that is seen and unseen…

2. When I am lost in wonder at the tiniest detail
When I realize how wonderfully I am made
Then I know what it is to call you Father God
The one who has known me from birth, the one
who knows me by name, and loves me…

3. When I feel safe and warm and cosy and snug
When I feel at peace and at one with the world
Then I know what it is to feel your arms wrapped
around me
The God who like a mother hen would gather us up
under her wings…

4. When I feel secure, held by a strength that isn’t mine,
When I can rest in the confidence that you will not let
me fall,
Then I know what it is to call you Abba – Daddy,
The God who holds me up and will not let me go…

5. When I’m tired of life
and all the
expectations people
have of me.
When I’m not quite
the angel that people
expect me to be.
When I’m not quite
the person you have
made me to be
Then I know what it
is to call you the
forgiving God;
The God who is
always ready to
refresh my faith and
give me a new start.

6. When I don’t understand the world anymore, when it all seems beyond me; When
life seems to pass me by moving at a pace that it’s hard to match...
Then I am ready to
meet the God who
calls us apart
The God who calls
us to stillness and
contemplation – be
still and know that I
am God

7. When I am drawn together with my sisters and brothers in Christ
When I gather with friends of Jesus from near and far
Then I know that I can never be alone in Faith, that you made us to be
your body
The God who has no hands or feet on earth but ours
The God who calls us to serve him together

8. When I discover what it is to
share
When I learn that the gifts
that life has to offer are
much richer when they are
given away...
Then I am ready to understand the God
who gave himself for the World; The God
who sent his only son – that we might
believe...