Baptism, Water, and Clothing-- A prayer from the People of Haiti

Lord, take us to the creek,
       just as my wife went yesterday
              to the creek.
She took off her dress,
       beat it with a paddle,
              bathed herself in the water.
She dried her dress in the sun,
       put it on,
              and came home to me
Totally clean.

--God Is No Stranger, Baptist Haiti Mission, 1981.