God is Working

See the rugged,
For only Snow- capped mountains
Reaching for the sky.
See the deep, green valleys
Laying far beneath
See the rolling plains and prairies
Stretching onward mile by mile
See all the signs and know;
God is working – here.

QSee the trees growing upward
See the green grass beneath.
See the glowing flowers
With all the colors
Of the rainbow.
Look all around you now
And know that again:
God is working – here.

See the small streams
And the wide rivers
Flowing onward to the sea.
See the wider sea
And the restless waves
Beating on the shoreline.
See all this and remember:
God is working – here.

See the people gather,
Young and old, short and tall.
See them in all colors
And all persuasions
Mixing freely all around.
See all of this
And always remember:
God is working – here.

Feel the wind a blowing
Wherever it will
See the rain coming down
Always upon one and all.
See the bright sun shine
Every day, even through the clouds.
Look around you day by day
And know that always and ever:
God is working – here.



Service 9 7-4-00

Call to worship:
From sandy deserts
To the snow-capped mountains,
     God is working - yet.
From the rolling plains
To the prairies:
      God is working – yet.

Call to prayer:
There is beauty
All around us
That we do not see.
But God is working yet
Creating life all around us. 

Prayer:
Loving God,
Forgive us
When we do not see
The beauty all around us.
Forgive us
When we destroy
Instead of preserving.
Forgive us
When we do not realize
That you are creating yet
Each and every day

God is near,
Forgiving us all
And loving us yet.


In all things
Can God’s hand be seen.
The world that we see
Is beautiful
And shows that
In all places
God is working – yet.


Charge:
Go out into the world
And look around you
To really see the beauty
And find where
God is working – now.

Benediction:
God’s peace and love
Be with you always
And remember:
God is working – always.


Written after a visit to Glacier National Park  July 2000