Pumpkin Prayer

Dear Jesus,

As I carve my pumpkin,
help me prayer this prayer:

Open my mind so I can learn about you;
(Cut the top off the pumpkin.)

Take all my sin and forgive the wrong that I do.
(Clean out the inside.)

Open my eyes so your love I will see;
(Cut eyes shaped like hearts.)

I’m sorry for time I’ve turned up my nose
at what you’ve given to me.
(Cut a nose in the shape of the cross.)

Open my ears so your word I will hear;
(Cut ears shaped like the Bible.)

Open my mouth to tell others you’re near.
(Cut the mouth in the shape of a fish.)

Let your light shine in all I say and do!
Amen.
(Place a candle inside and light it.)