...and You renew

    the face of the ground.

                 Psalm 104. 30

(There are no waste places

    where God cannot revive

               the landscape.

Even the wilderness

   is a place of wonder

and the opportunity for redeeming.

Even in what appears

        as impossible and barren,

God uses us

          to sow a forest

that will outlive us.)

O LORD,

Guide our hearts

   and thoughts

   and attitudes

to see the extraordinary

               even in the ordinary.

You have made this place,

     and You have put us here

                        for Your glory.

Help us to plant tiny seeds,

 even today, even in this situation,

    to nurture the dry ground

for a forest of Your making.

To bring shade and fruit

    for generations to come

that they may know

             that You are God.

And we would trust You more.