PRAYER

"Oh Great God"

 

Oh great god

 

Whose voice I hear in the winds,

 

And whose breath gives life to all the world,

 

 

Hear me!

 

I am small and weak,

 

I need your strength and wisdom.

 

 

Let me walk in beauty, and make my eyes

 

Ever behold the red and purple sunset,

 

Make my hands respect the things you have made

 

And my ears sharp to hear your voice .

 

 

Make me wise so that I may understand the

 

Things you have taught my people .

 

Let me learn the lessons you have hidden

 

in every leaf and rock.

 

 

I seek strength, not to be greater than my brother,

 

But to fight my greatest enemy-myself .

 

Make me always ready to come to you with

 

Clean hands and straight eyes .

 

 

So when life fads , as the fading sunset

 

my spirit may come to you

 

without shame.