Dear Heavenly Father,

      You ask us to be born again.  You ask us to forget the life we have lived before.  You promise to restore in us hope, joy, peace and life eternal.  

      We have the birth of our earthly selves.  We celebrate this birth once a year.  Let us profoundly comprehend You have offered us a rebirth of our souls.  This birth is not celebrated once a year.  It is celebrated every moment of every year.

      Our hearts are made new.  We commune with nature and our brothers and sisters without the fears and tribulations of yesterday.  Let us unravel the knots and tangles of yesterday’s life, for a single tangled thought cripples our souls.

     Gratefully, as You have created each single waterdrop to make an ocean, you have

made each single word and act of love renew our hearts. 

       “Create in us a clean heart, dear Lord, and renew a right spirt in us.” 

Rejoice in the Lord always…again I say rejoice