A year ago today my father died.

I was obviously conscious of that this morning while using the Morning Prayer liturgy from the Presbyterian Book of Common worship, and re-discovered these words, in the prayer appointed for Monday:

"We praise you, God our creator, for your handiwork in shaping and sustaining your wondrous creation. Especially we thank you for the miracle of life and the wonder of living ... "

Each day we are given is a miracle of life, full of wonder.