Prayer: Help me to be a good steward of what you have made

Lord, help me to appreciate your abundance. You created all things and granted human beings dominion over the earth. Help me to become a good steward of what you have made. Form me into a responsible caretaker of water, earth, and sky. Shape me into a protector of beasts that creep and birds that soar. Help me to offer shelter to others: infant, child, woman, man, stranger, and friend. Most of all today, help me to be a good steward of myself. I need to be a good steward of the gifts, aspirations, and limitations I have. Use the gifts I have to bring your rule on earth. Amen.