STUDENT’S PRAYER

Lord, help me to see the big picture,
help me to see that going to school,
studying, reading, research, doing papers,
are not parents and teachers
ways to keep kids busy and out of trouble,
but they are all part of the process
of making people better:
bringing people together who want to make
this a better world for everyone in it,
with better medical care, engineering, recreation,
businesses, economies, schools, families,
so that God can look at the world each day
and say over and over again, “It is good!”

© Andy Costello, 2007