A Prayer


O, Great Spirit Whose voice I hear in the winds,
And whose breath gives life to the universe, hear me.

I am your child of light.
I need to know your love.

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.

Let me learn the lessons you are hiding
under every leaf and rock.
and make me understand the things you are teaching me.

I seek strength, not to be greater than my brother,
but to overcome my greatest enemy, myself.

Make me always ready to come to you
with clean hands and straight eyes.

So when life fades, as the fading sunset,
my Spirit may come to you without shame.


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