One Moment of Praise

Paul was always thanking and praising God with joy. I was trying to praise God more and found this prayer service that someone gave me. The last page has "One Moment of Praise" and, as I found it helpful, I am copying it here for you.

"O God of every now, and then,
we pause for one moment to praise you
for all the moments of our lives.
Response: O God, we praise you for every moment.

We praise you for the glorious moments:
bread, the intimacy of love, lilacs, morning coffee,
a rooted word, a rapturous song, a circle of stories
the scrunch of oldsters at play, children at prayer.
Response: O God, we praise you for every moment.

We praise you for the shared moments:
honest exchange, deepening trust, earned friendship,
smudgy work, a ballet of ideas, a lullaby of quietness,
trouble met, the release of tears, the easing of fears,
the renewing of wonder, the embracing of mystery.
Response: O God, we praise you for every moment.

We praise you for the surprising moments:
the wink of a stranger, the flutter of hope in the stillness,
the enchantment of a rainbow and claim of a promise kept,
the goodness beneath the flurry of things,
beauty our of the muck
the clarified direction in a prayer,
a light in the soul's night.

Response: O God, we praise you for every moment.

We praise you for the holy moments:
All the bearers of love, of truth, of mercy,
of meaning, of demand, of amazement,
all that nudges us to readiness for the risks of faith,
the mysterious all that attaches us to your grace
from which nothing can separate us.

Response: O God, we praise you for every moment.

O God, we praise you for every moment,
for you, source of each moment,
and present in all moments, always, in all ways.

Response: O God, we praise you for every moment.