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Rabbi Vicki Hollander

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Meditation before Pesukei De Zimra

 

Your wonders,
earth and sky
the creatures and tides
the seasons and cycles
the intricacy of leaf and web
the soft changes of growth, the swirls of movement
of aliveness that pulse throughout the universe
all sing to Your loving attention and care.

I open my eyes this Shabbas morning
and take time to see and delight in
Your wonders
which surround me,
which lie within me,
all the patterns and the forms,
the diversity and majesty
All Your miracles and mysteries
here each instant
touch and light my soul
Each of Your creations glow with Your passion
You are the One to Whom the silken web of countless patterns
woven throughout all life
returns
Present always,
Shimmering with aliveness

On this Shabbas morning, I reach to You and celebrate
the myriad of ways You show Yourself
in my life and in the world.