Morning prayer

Ephesians 3:14-21

           It seems like quite a while since I have gotten up for work and found a nice day ahead of me. The days have seemed gloomy and dank. Such is winter I suppose. It does not make me sad but it isn't really enjoyable either. It does not raise my spirit.

          This morning, in spite of the cold I raise the shade to a glorious day. The sky is blue with wisps of clouds, the water outside is that heavenly blue that draws me in and raises my eyes to heaven.

           No moral dilemas, no messages to raise the spirit, no convincing words to help you realize how much God loves you or that your worth is beyond measure. Today is all about praise. It's always a good way to start the day but todays passage reminded me how important it is.

            From every morsel of food, to every thing I have, to the love in my life and the people that grace my life - I say thank you. All the gifts that God grants me are gifts of love from you Lord, that says so simply and yet so loudly, I love you. Everything fits. I am here on this earth, grown from it, part of it, connected to it in every way. All of creation and all that I see is a hint of you Lord, a sign of your love.

            Thank you heavenly father for a new day and another opportunity to love as you have loved me. Thank you for the joy of growth and the awe you inspire in your love and created world.

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,  from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, for ever and ever. Amen.