Heavenly Father, be with us today as we participate in this ______ adventure. Help it to open our eyes and our hearts to what is around us and help us understand that it all is part of your design, your plan for us. Guide us as we step off our normal path and outside our usual safety zone so that we may better share what you have provided us here on Earth. Amen.

Prayer That We May Experience and Share.

Lord God, help us:
to smell the earth;
to taste the rain;
to touch the wind;
to see things grow;
to hear the creatures of dawn; 
and the silence of night fall,
and above all - to care
and to share your gifts with all.
Amen.

Giving Thanks For Nature.

Lord God, your creations here on Earth are truly wonderful. Thank you for today, for helping us see that from the tiniest creatures to the greatest mountains, everything and everyone has a place and a purpose in your Creation. Thank you for making all of the wonderful things around us and for designing each to work with the other. Thank you for loving for us and for giving me and each of us a place in this world, wherever it leads. I especially want to thank you for helping me discover the following new things today:________________________________________________________________________________

Finally, I ask that you help us continue to grow in wisdom about your world and that I can use it to share and use your gifts wisely. Amen.

Thoughts of Anne Frank:

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy 
Is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, 
Alone with the heavens, nature and God. 
Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be 
And that God wishes to see people happy, 
Amidst the simple beauty of nature.