Creator of all, eternal life-source,
may you dwell within us.
May our lives become your well traveled roads.
May our unique and individual selves
be your congested highways and interstates at rush hour,
your boisterous city streets busting with activity,
your quiet country roads and residential cul de sacs,
your well-trod hiking trails and new trails blazed through the brush–
so that
you presence
your work
your glory
your justice
your grace
may be in full view.
Teach us to be roads and paths of you,
open to blazing a trail in whatever direction you choose,
for your map is true, and your destination:
love.
Psalm 84: 5-7
And how blessed all those in whom you
live,
whose lives become roads you travel;
They wind through lonesome valleys,
upon brooks,
discover cool springs and pools brimming
with rain!
God-traveled, these roads curve up the
mountains, and
at the last turn–Zion! God in full view!
Our Master Gardener, 