Here’s
a prayer of thanksgiving and commitment for Earth Day. It is part of a larger worship service for Earth
Day which I compiled for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Click here to
access the entire worship order.
Prayer for Earth Day
Gracious
God,
your
amazing love extends through all time and space,
to
all parts of your creation,
which
you created and called good.
You
made a covenant with Noah and his family,
putting
a rainbow in the sky
to
symbolize your promise of love and blessing
to
every living creature,
and
to all successive generations.
You
made a covenant with Abraham and Sarah,
blessing
them and their descendants
throughout
the generations.
You
made a covenant with Moses and the Israelite people
to
all generations,
giving
them the ten commandments
and
challenging them to choose life.
In
Jesus,
you
invite us to enter into a new covenant,
in
communion with all who seek to be faithful to you.
As
people of faith,
we
are called into covenant.
Your
covenant of faithfulness and love
extends
to the whole creation.
We
pray for the healing of the earth,
that
present and future generations
may
enjoy the fruits of creation,
and
continue to glorify and praise you. Amen.
