Mighty God

Mighty God,

We rejoice in your reckless and extravagant love

scattered among us

and found in the mud and thorns of life.

We rejoice

that your will for us and for the world

is not one of carefully apportioned judgment

or neatly wrapped rewards.

Praise be!

Your aim and desire for all your creation

is a cup full and overflowing with good wine,

a banquet for all to share,

a harvest of full and ripe grains,

a growing tree in which all can make their nest.

Your gifts, freely offered,

are life in all its fullness,

hope in abundance,

peace that passes understanding,

love that none can measure

from which nothing can separate us.

Terry Hinks, Read, Mark, and Pray—The Prayer Handbook