A Prayer before eating
Dear Heavenly Father,
O Lord, as we pause together before this meal, we bring our hearts before you with great thanks.
We are so grateful for the food laid out before us—for the colors, the aromas, and the nourishment it provides. Thank you for this gift that sustains our bodies and prepares us for the day ahead.
We ask you to bless this food so that it would bring strength and health to each of us. Help us to use that strength wisely, to do good in the world, and to treat others with kindness and love.
May this meal serve as a simple, wonderful reminder of the abundance you pour into our lives. And we lift up those whose hands prepared this food and all who worked to bring it to our table.
