PRAYER
FOR AND ASSURANCE OF GRACE
God
you challenge, ask, command us to love our neighbour.
And
like the lawyer we ask “but who is my neighbour? Who should I show
love to?”
So
you remind us, you broaden our field of view, and again tell us to
love our neighbour
But
still we wonder, what does it mean. What should we do? What is the
best way to love our neighbour?
And
you keep pushing us, pushing us to give priority to the needs and
safety of others even when it may make us less comfortable.
But
still we push back. We argue about the best way to balance
priorities. We question who needs to sacrifice more and if the
promised benefits will come.
God
who walks with us in times of challenge, in times of pandemic and
warfare, when the best way to love our neighbour seems uncertain,
With
grace you pick us up when we trip over the complications of life, in
grace accept our confusion and our reluctance to do what seems best
for the whole community.
...time
of silent prayer...
The
world is a complicated place. The best way to love our neighbours as
we love ourselves is not always obvious. But God is there to guide
and to challenge, to lead us forward and help us reset when we get it
wrong. We are loved. We are held in grace. We are given chances to
get it right.
Thanks
be to God. Amen.
