Beauty of Creation -- A prayer

As we approach Evolution Sunday, I thought it proper to post each day at least something thought provoking or spiritually uplifting. In that spirit I begin with a prayer from Swiss Mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630).

Note the final phrase of this prayer, for it should be our guiding principle!

O thou who through the light of nature hast aroused in us a longing for the light of grace, so that we may be raised in the light of thy majesty, to thee, I give thanks, Creator and Lord, that thou allowest me to rejoice in thy works. Praise the Lord ye heavenly harmonies, and ye who know the heavenly harmonies. For from him, through him, and in him all is, which is perceptible as well as spiritual; that which we know and that which we do not know, for there is still much to learn.

From The Complete Book of Christian Prayer, (New York: Continuum Publishing, Co. 1995), p. 26.

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