Think of a World

Think of a world without any flowers,

Think of a wood without any trees,

Think of a sky without any sunshine,

Think of the air without any breeze:

We thank you, Lord, for flowers and trees and sunshine;

We thank you, Lord, and praise your holy name.

Think of a world without any animals,

Think of a field without any herd,

Think of a stream without any fishes,

Think of a dawn without any bird:

We thank you, Lord, for all your living creatures;

We thank you, Lord, and praise you holy name.

Think of a world without any paintings,

Think of a room where all the walls are bare,

Think of a rainbow without any colours,

Think of the earth with darkness everywhere:

We thank you, Lord, for paintings and for colours;

We thank you, Lord, and praise your holy name.

Think of a world without any poetry,

Think of a book without any words,

Think of a song without any music,

Think of a hymn without any verse:

We thank you, Lord, for poetry and music;

We thank you, Lord, and praise your holy name.

Think of a world without any science,

Think of a journey with nothing to explore,

Think of a quest without any mystery,

Nothing to seek and nothing left in store:

We thank you, Lord, for miracles of science,

We thank you, Lord, and praise your holy name.

Think of a world without any people,

Think of a street with no-one living there,

Think of a town without any houses,

No-one to love and nobody to care:

We thank you, Lord, for families and friendships,

We thank you, Lord, and praise your holy name.

Think of a world without any worship,

Think of a God without his only son,

Think of a cross without a resurrection,

Only a grave and not a victory won:

We thank you, Lord, for showing us our saviour,

We thank you, Lord, and praise your holy name.

Thanks to our Lord for being here among us,

Thanks be to him for sharing all we do,

Thanks for our church and all the love we find here,

Thanks for this place and all its promise true:

We thank you, Lord, for life in all its richness;

We thank you, Lord, and praise your holy name.

Doreen Newport