PRAY

                                                                            Prayer of a Native American

 

Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the wind, and whose breath gives life to the world, hear me.

 

I am small and weak.  I need your strength and wisdom.

 

Let me walk in the beauty of your Creation and make my eyes ever behold the red sunsets.

 

Make my ears sharp to hear in the wind your voice.

 

Make my hands respect the things you have made.

 

Make me wise so that I may understand the things you have taught your people.

 

Let me learn the lessons you have hidden in the mountains and quiet forests.

 

I seek strength not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy, myself.

 

Make me always ready to come to you with straight eyes, clean hands and an open heart.

 

And when life fades, as the fading sunset, may my spirit come to you without shame.