In our Saturday writing circle this was the exercise and my own work. the task was to write a prayer or mediation with the prompts  of everyday items. Why not try some of your own and see what comes..

Some of our items included a AA battery, a pink sea shell, a thankyou card with roses, an alarm clock, OJ tetra pack

Oh Lord, I try and take time to listen first thing in the morning as I roll over to see the flashing digital display on my radio alarm clock, rolling over as I come into consciousness, transitioning from a half sleep of images, remembrances and dream world. Perhaps also brief awakenings and interrupted sleep by news items on CBC-1,international news from other side of the planet in Africa, Australia or Slovakia. My mind struggles, "what time? what day? what schedule? and the dog needs a walk." You and my "to do" list. I move towards consciousness and first light but now darker mornings, remind me that you are the First Light, the one and only source of all creation and the beginning of this day. May I remember thankfulness of your presence, as I sip my orange juice or tend the fading garden and prune the cherry and wild rose bushes,
 

now with leaves turned, and branches bare, shorn and discarded. Shorn and discarded, the process of pruning, cutting away diseased limbs, a necessary process, dear Lord, as I struggle to hold onto the last remnants of summer and resist the change of the coming season of darkness. Remind me, in gentle moments that I am but the pot and you, the potter, I am the delicate colored sea shell but you control the waves, the tides and the seasons. As I move towards the light of morning in appreciation and thoughtfulness, abba father and wise mother, I will listen. Be still and know that I am God. Be still and know