From the prayer tree

In my last post I was getting ready for Halifax Earth Day. I brought along a ”prayer tree” and some clothespins, inviting people to post a prayer for Creation, in thanks or in hope.  I had hoped that at least a few would participate and I was thrilled that many actually did.  Below are some of the prayers that were posted, without names and omitting those of a more personal nature. 

A word about the tree: the young red bud tree cut down for this project came from a farmer’s fence row.  If you know farmers–particularly Red Bank Hudson farmers– then you know that a tree along a fence row is out of place and would have to be dispatched with eventually.  Thanks to my father-in-law for the set-up, Laura for the idea, Jenny and Sharron for encouraging me to be part of the event.  Photos are from the Halifax Earth Day facebook page.

A drawing and a winner: After the Earth Day event I decided to have a drawing for a free individual session among the people who came by my table and left their names.  Congratulations to Linda Unroe of South Boston: I am putting something in the mail to you.

And now for the PRAYERS.  Some are from children so I left the spelling and grammer natural/as written.  Thanks, everybody, for coming by and participating.  God bless each one of you abundantly.  You are invited to post more prayers or comments at the end.

• Please let us be good stewards of your creation!
• Pray for our world and protect it please.
• grow big and blom pretty flowers. For the world.
• Prayer for a cleaner place to play
• Thank you God for a  B E A U T I F U L  Spring– May we conserve our world for our future
• Dear God, thank you for this great world you’ve given us. Please guide us to take care of it, and each other.  Amen.
• Pray for our future generations to make an even bigger difference than we have
• Lord, keep my family safe at all times!  Please  -Amen
• I am thankful I am alive
• Pray for healing all over our planet
• I pray for peace for our community, our country and our world.
• DEAR God, Help us take care of our earth.
• Pray for cancer patients everywhere.
• My prayer is to always be thankful for this beautiful world and Trust that we will Live and Enjoy Life Together
• Dear Lord I just want to thank you for all the things that you have done for me and my family.
• Life began in a garden– Plants draw us into His Presence!
• Help us to do better with our one and only world.
• Dear God, Thanks for helping us clean up our Earth!
• Please look after our Service men and women in foreign countries and the environment.
• so there will not be so much garbage
• Keep the world clean
• God bless the USA!  Pray for Peace
• I hope I live many Dreams Let go of the Bad ones and other people Too.  And Thank you lord for the good time today
• God is good for the Earth he makes the flowers and he makes erry one.  Love!
• May we not be so profligate, wasteful & selfish.
• I pray that we all consider the Earth a gift, and treat it kindly in Your name
• Heavenly Father, Help us learn & apply what we need to know to save our earth.
• Thank you for the earth!
• Dear God, thank you for this beautiful earth.  Keep us mindful to keep it clean & beautiful. Amen
• I pray for kind, caring, rational people to far outnumber the selfish, crazy, irrational people and for more environmental awareness.
• Lord, for the many BLESSINGS- we often take for granted- we give you thanks. For the beauty of this earth and the opportunity we have to honor you by doing our share to beautify it, and glorify you– WE THANK YOU!!
• Pray for people who feel lost, hopeless, depressed and alienated.
• In the name of Jesus Father, you made this beautiful earth.  We your people came from the earth by your hands. We are first fruits of your design. My prayer is for people to realize we are one tribe. We are part of each other. Help us to walk together with one another. If we cannot live here in the earth how will we live in your even more beautiful Heaven?
• Earthquake victims in Haiti and Chile
• Pray that Truth prevails and eyes and hearts are open to truth about Jesus
• Dear Lord, Thank you for all your Blessings.  You are in control, Lord. We follow!  Many Praises!! Amen
• May we be faithful stewards of all that we’ve been given to manage: our talents and the Earth. May we bless our Earth as we have been blessed by God. Amen
• Lord, forgive mankind for what it has done to your Creation.
• Preserve the earth and all that Therin is
• Dear Lord, put Love in our hearts for a clean earth in every community, road and street.  When people come together in real Love good things happen.
• [A printed copy was posted of a prayer from St. Francis of Assissi (1181-1226).  Link to it here.]
• For wisdom, peace & happiness for all people!

Now I add a prayer for intervention and cleanup for the awful oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  God, help us stop it quickly and mitigate the damage we pray.

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