Lee Bennett Hopkins - Hear My Prayer

Hear My
Prayer

By
Lee Bennett Hopkins
Illustrated by
Gretchen Gigi Moore

Now, before I run to play Let me not forget to pray To God who kept me through the night And woke me with the morning light. Help me, Lord, to love you more Than I have ever loved before, In my work and in my play, Please be with me through each day. Dear God: You know how busy I must be today, If I forget you, Please Do not forget me. Dear God: Thank you for my friend next door, For my friend across the street, Please help me to be a friend To each and every one I meet. God made the world So broad, so grand, Filled with blessing From his hand. The earth has a carpet All shining fresh and green. The earth has a carpet All shining fresh and green.

Its made of little blades of grass With flowers in between. And on this carpet Happy and free, We dance our thanks, Dear Lord, to Thee.

Dear Lord, You touch us all Doctors, nurses, Firefighters, Teachers, crossing guards, Window washers, writers. Yet always remember To give your touch To Grandma and Grandpa Who I love so much. Lee Bennett Hopkins Dear Lord, Keep my parents in your love. Lord, Bless them and keep them.

Lord, Keep them for many more years So I can take care of them.

Dear Lord, Creator of the world, Help us love one another, Help us care for one another, As sister or as brother. May friendship grow From nation to nation. Bring peace to our world Dear Lord of Creation. Bless this bread we share. Bless our voices as we pray.

Bless this food. Bring us goodness As you do, Lord, Each and every day. Rebecca Kai Dotlich

God bless all those that I love. God bless all those that love me. God bless all those That love those that I love. The larks on the wing; The snails on the thorn: Gods in His Heaven Alls right with the world. Robert Browning I see the moon. Robert Browning I see the moon.

The moon sees me. God bless the moon, And God bless me.

Dear God: Day is done. Play is played. Friends are near. Were safe from fear.

Thank you For the moon afar, Thank you, God, For who you are. Lee Bennett Hopkins

ZONDERKIDZHear My Prayer
Copyright 2011 by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Illustrations 2011 by Gretchen Gigi Moore Acknowledgements:
Thanks are due to Curtis Brown, Ltd. for use of Prayer at Suppertime by Rebecca Kai Dotlich. Copyright 2010 by Rebecca Kai Dotlich; Good Night and Your Touch by Lee Bennett Hopkins. Copyright 2010 by Lee Bennett Hopkins. Used by permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd.

Requests for information should be addressed to: Zonderkidz, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hear my prayer / [selected] by Lee Bennett Hopkins. p. cm. ISBN 978-0-310-71811-6 (hardcover) 1. PrayersJuvenile literature. I.

Hopkins, Lee Bennett. BV265.H38 2009 242.82dc22 2009007188

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