Prayers from a Penlight

You look up one summer night and see
The billion burning suns of the Milky Way.
You've been informed this is barely a drop in the cosmic ocean,
So you snap a self-portrait
All hair and glasses and dental work,
And hold it up to the sky.
"KNOW ME."
-from "Prayerbook" by Billy Crockett

Prayer for my Enemies

Save, O Lord, and have mercy upon those that envy and affront me and do me mischief, and let them not perish through me, a sinner. Amen
-from an Orthodox prayer book

Coram Deo

"Before the Face of God"

Great God, grant me grace to live before your face. In Your presence is full joy. Open-handed. Amen.