Good Morning, God,
The headline was about a new woodcarving that sits in Jasper on eighth street. It seems that one of your old trees, a 100-year-old, 5- inch pin oak blew over in one of your storms, God. Now, a wood carver has fashioned a beautiful statue of one of your saints, Francis of Assisi. We appreciate St. Francis for his kindness to all of your creatures, loving God, as it is important that we always try to respect all life, human, plant and animal, with the lives we lead.
We do thank you, Loving Father, for your creative genius in making life and putting us in the midst of it. We thank you for the ability to be kind to all things, but especially to each other.
So today, Lord, may we take stock of ourselves and ask ourselves if we can be better caretakers of nature, of the environment, but especially of each other. We are made in your image, God, and it would be sinful to harm any likenesses of you!
In Jesus' name, Amen.
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