Not Just a Pile of Rocks

 

...and with the stones

he built an altar

in the name of the LORD.

         1 Kings 18. 32

(With whatever is before us

this day in these circumstances,

and with what we have,

     we can worship God.

Worship is not limited

  to a certain building or time,

but extends to all we do,

how we do it,

building an altar with it,

even with what appears only

as scattered rocks

     in a barren field.

Worshipping God in any form

   is never insignificant.

We have no idea

the eternal fruit

       He brings to it.)

O LORD,

We come before You

  to worship You

with all we are surrounded

and what lies before us,

  even the rocks by our feet.

Be blessed and honored,

                  O God.

Please help us to be faithful

   even in what doesn't seem

               to matter much.

Bring Your fruitfulness to it.

Help us to write Your name

           all over it.

Because it is all profound

  and pleasing and eternal

  in Your sight.