Blessed are you, O God,
in whom nothing is wasted.
You salvage the remnant,
the scrap, the shred.
You bless what is left
from the consuming fire, the devouring flood,
the shearing wind, the shifting earth.
All that remains
returns to you
and is reborn from you.
Blessed are you, O God,
who brings life from the earth
and will return it to the earth
once again.
–Jan Richardson, In Wisdom’s Path, p. 65
