You are Creator and You do all things well.
As daughters of Eve, we are the recipients of Your proclamation -
“It is very good.”
We’re here because You formed us, with design and intention.
The created order does not speak to value.
Remind us - and our brothers - that just because we were formed last does not mean that we are worth least.

You say that children are a gift from You…children, both male and female.
So when You gave our father five daughters, no sons, it was still a gift, an abundant gift.

Our whole lives we have been counted - one, two, three, four, five - all those girls, those daughters of Zelophehad.
We were counted off, but never counted in.

Give us courage to approach our leaders and ask for our father’s share.
Give us confidence to know that we count before You.
Give us wisdom in securing an inheritance not just for us, but for daughters everywhere.

This isn’t about possessions; it’s about personhood.
And as Zelophehad’s daughters we come, yes, but more importantly, it’s as Your daughters we ask.

Amen.