All creatures of our God and King
Lift up your voice and with us sing,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou burning sun with golden beam,
Thou silver moon with softer gleam!
O praise him! O praise Him!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou rushing wind that art so strong
Ye clouds that sail in Heaven along,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Thou rising moon, in praise rejoice,
Ye lights of evening, find a voice!
O praise Him! O praise Him!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
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Creation... Carriers of beauty... Bearers of the image of majesty... Go ahead...
Speak.
Tell the story that we have forgotten.
Speak.
Remind us of the Hands, the brushstrokes of Eternity that gave you your shape, your color, your light. Trace the image of Eternity in the eyes of those drowning in the stale weight of now.
Awaken in weary hearts the love of beauty and the hope for truth. Remind us that we live in a place still infused with the magic spark of heaven. A place shaped by the Everlasting God. A place that bears the beauty of His heart.
As we gaze up at last in childlike wonder, come right along and fulfill your purpose.
Measure the days. Indicate the changing of the moments.
Remind our hearts that we did not just happen, that we were knit together by skilled Hands. That the very Breath of eternity quickens who we are. That we are our Father's children. And that Him in us never fades.
Remind us that we were made... Made by the same God who made you.
In all your breathtaking beauty, speak.
And tell us to look up. To turn our eyes heavenward and remember that our Father is never absent from even the smallest moment. The He lives. That we live.
And that though you and all the heavens should grow old like a garment and though He should change you like a cloak, He stands forever and His years will have no end.
Listen.
The heavens are speaking. Hearts of men, hear the wisdom of the ages.
Hear them as they whisper: He is God Forever. God before we began. God long to outlive our simple light. He is the Everlasting One. He is the Eternal Beauty, Unfading.
Men of earth, incline your ears, life up the eyes of your hearts.
And Ye lights of evening, find a voice. Oh praise Him!
Psalm 102:25-27
Alleluia!
