Prayer for climate change

@ Christian Aid UK

You spoke into the silence

Light suffusing darkness.

You spoke into the silence

Blowing clean life giving air into the space

You spoke into the silence

Warmth and cold infusing the air

You spoke into the silence

Solid ground formed out of gushing water.

You spoke voice carrying over the sound

People, plants and animals came to life.

You spoke each creation balanced against the next so life would be abundant and sustainable.

You saw everything you had made and declared it to be very good.

You spoke choosing to give us humans stewardship over all that You had made.

We speak and act

Darkness of pollution limits light levels and damages the air we breathe.

We speak and act

Ground poisoned, burnt, stripped bare.

We speak and act

Spoiling, limiting, destroying quality of life and life itself.

We speak and act

Without hearing Your call over the noise of the world to be good stewards.

You speak. You create. You want us to be stewards of Your creation.

We come to You to re-learn how to care for the earth and people you have made.

Katrina Rowland, April 2017.