Principle & Foundation
God of Creation,
Love is who You are.
Love is what You do.
You are Love Loving.
You formed this world in love
and fashioned us for love.
Every created thing invites us
to recognize Your love at work and
to make a response of love.
Let me be grounded in You, Loving God.
I am prone to lose Your lens of love
and mistake the means for the end.
Give me the freedom and awareness to not misuse all You have made.
May created things enable me to more deeply know You, the Creator.
Always remind me of Your foundational purposes
In the shifting circumstances of my life—
whether better or worse;
richer or poorer;
in or out of favor;
in sickness or in health.
Help me recognize that every moment is an opportunity to love.
By Your grace, may my loving resemble Yours,
and may I find my unique place in Your project of love.