{"id":109,"date":"2014-06-03T14:43:27","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T22:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ya-native.com\/blog\/?p=109"},"modified":"2020-06-07T23:02:17","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T07:02:17","slug":"great-spirit-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ya-native.com\/blog\/great-spirit-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Spirit Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Give us hearts to understand;<br \/>\nNever to take from creation&#8217;s beauty more than we give; never to destroy wantonly for the furtherance of greed; never to deny to give our hands for the building of earth&#8217;s beauty; never to take from her what we cannot use.<\/p>\n<p>Give us hearts to understand<br \/>\nThat to destroy earth&#8217;s music is to create confusion; that to wreck her appearance is to blind us to beauty; that as we care for her she will care for us.<\/p>\n<p>We have forgotten who we are. We have sought only our own security. We have exploited simply for our own ends. We have distorted our knowledge. We have abused our power.<\/p>\n<p>Great Spirit, whose dry lands thirst, help us to find the way to refresh your lands.<\/p>\n<p>Great Spirit, whose waters are choked with debris and pollution, help us to find the way to cleanse your waters.<\/p>\n<p>Great Spirit, whose beautiful earth grows ugly with misuse, help us to find the way to restore beauty to your handiwork.<\/p>\n<p>Great Spirit, whose creatures are being destroyed,help us to find a way to replenish them.<\/p>\n<p>Great Spirit, whose gifts to us are being lost in selfishness and corruption, help us to find the way to restore our humanity.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the wind, whose breath gives life to the world, hear me; I need your strength and wisdom. 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