The Gift Every Creature Waits For

My dear son,

I would like to share your gratitude for today's water and food. These things are easy to overlook because they are ordinary, but what sustains life is precious. I treasure this time in which you are living and breathing.

All kinds of creatures look toward my hand and wait for food. I give life and renew the earth. You are a loved being within that world. Look gently at lives that depend on one another, rather than imagining a life complete in isolation.

This evening, enjoy with thanks what you have received. I welcome the care your hands give to small living things too. As the Father who made you, I want you to enjoy being alive beside me.

With all my love,
Your Father

Psalms 104:27–30

WEB

27These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.
28You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.
29You hide your face; they are troubled. You take away their breath; they die and return to the dust.
30You send out your Spirit and they are created. You renew the face of the ground.

A short reflection

The psalmist praises God as the source of food and breath for every creature, whose Spirit creates life and renews the face of the earth.

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