This is a prayer based on Psalm 1, which is my favourite.
God of creation, beautiful, nourishing and wild,
Make us like the Psalmist’s trees, planted by streams of living water, with deep roots searching for the source of life.
When we reach the living water, refresh us and make us fruitful.
Grow in us humility, compassion, and the desire to serve you wherever you plant us.
Teach us the difference between light and darkness, that we might delight in your ways and flee from paths of wickedness.
Help us to let go of those broken and unhealthy parts of ourselves that are like the chaff the wind drives away, knowing that your judgment is permeated with mercy.
And when the drought comes, we trust that our lives will not wither, but that in all the ways that really matter, we will prosper.
In the name of Christ, Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end,
Amen.