A Prayer for Friday, May 16, 2014

Twenty-Seventh Day of Easter

O God,

Thank you for the physical breath
that you give us to breathe.
Let us breathe it in
slowly,
deeply, and
gratefully.

While the air you give us to breathe is good,
we have a tendency
because of selfishness or carelessness
to do things
to mess it up.
Help us to tend to it as best we can
so that it will be
the cleanest and healthiest air it can be
not just for our sake
but for everybody’s sake.

Thank you for the spiritual breath
that you give us to breathe.
Let us breathe it in
slowly,
deeply, and
gratefully.

While the spirit you give us to breathe is good,
we have a tendency
because of selfishness or carelessness
to do things
that cause us not to experience
its effects as well as we could.
Help us to keep ourselves
as open to the spirit as we can
not just for our sake
but for everybody’s sake.

Thank you for the breath
you give us to breathe …

Amen.