PRAYER
FOR AND ASSURANCE OF GRACE
God
of Grace, you show us a vision of how life, the church, the world
could be.
But
we are unsure we can take on the discomfort of change, the anxiety of
being re-formed, to make the vision a reality.
God
of Love, you strive to write the law of love and life on our hearts.
But
like Pharaoh we harden our hearts, secure in our own understandings.
God
of Hope, you promise that beyond the time of disorder and raggedness
there will be a new spring of promise and fruitfulness, a new heaven
and a new earth.
But
the raggedness unsettles our need for order, so we try to keep things
neat and tidy, even if it means staying in a place that is not as
comfortable as it once was.
Alpha
and Omega, God of the Past, Present and Future, God who calls us to
live out of what was, in what is and into what will be,
help
us to be faithful in order and disorder, in old ways and in new ways,
grant us the grace and wisdom to trust that in being reformed we can
be made healthier members of healthier communities.
...time
of silent prayer...
God
is Gracious, Loving and Hope-filled. God walks with us in times of
change and times of stability. God does not hold our mis-steps,
mis-trust and wanderings against us but continues to write love on
our hearts as God continues to make all things new.
Thanks
be to God! Amen.
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