Creator God,
    Who out of nothing created everything by speaking the words.  The power of Your Word astounds me.  The power of YOU astounds me.  Speak and it is.  Light.  Space.  Time.  Non-existent.  Now the very basis of our existence.  You said, "Let there be" and into being came moon and stars, land and sea, atmosphere, gravity, orbital rotation.  You said, "Everything after its own kind." And across the world, we have grass, fruit trees, hard wood trees, fir trees.  We have birds of the air in their flamboyant colors. Land animals, wild animals, and cattle.  We have lions, tigers, and bears.  Yes, oh my, but You don't stop there.  We have zebras and hippopotamuses and camels. Did You start with one hump or two?  We have dinos and dragons, lizards and grasshoppers, and everything according to its own kind.  From galaxies to geckos, Lord of amazing variety, we have a good world to live in.  And You said, "We will make man in our image," and You began with dirt and ended with Adam by breathing life into him through Your very own Spirit.
    How our souls cry out to You, our Lord and Maker.  Everything in us yearns for You, to be close to You, to know You, to walk with You as one walks with a friend down the garden path. Thank You for the opportunity to see bits of Your character in the world around us.  Thank You for showing Your creativity and reason, Your profound ability to put things together in working order.  Thank You for our eyes and our ears, the skin which protects us and yet enables us to touch the world around us.  Thank You for an amazing brain that is both logical and creative.  Thank You for our emotions, our relationships, our wills — the very things that come out of being made in Your image.
    Creator God, I cannot begin to grasp Your vastness, the immensity of the I AM who was and is and ever will be.  I cannot grasp the love that moved You to create, to seek fellowship with created creatures.  There is so much involved when I seek You as Creator.  More than just this world.  More than myself.  More, Builder of the Church and Master of governments, than what this world offers. You are the God who conceived a plan and fulfilled it.  Thank You for allowing me to have a part.  Thank You for giving me life.  Thank You for giving me purpose in this faith walk.  Thank You for pouring out Your Spirit.  Thank You for choosing to put Your characteristics into this world.
    Help us even now to see You in what You have created and to acknowledge You as the Creator.  I praise You, Father, Son, Spirit, for the six day work of creation and for the continuing work of revealing Yourself to individuals today. You are worthy of all our praise.
    In Jesus' name, Amen.