July 7, 2011

Great and wonderful are you, O God!

You are greater than all things,

Totally perfect,

And totally whole in yourself,

Yet you choose to have relationship with us,

Very imperfect as we are.

Help us to struggle with ourselves

So that we can learn to serve you

In all we do.

Amen.

July 6, 2011

God of all things,

And God of all people,

How have we lost sight of your universality?

Why do we think that some of us own you,

And some of us deserve relationship,

While others,

Quite comfortably to us,

Are left out?

Lord, please help those that love you

To know how you love

The entire world,

And show us how to live in community

With everyone throughout the globe.

Amen.

July 5, 2011

Silence.

Lord, let me experience and enjoy silence.

Let me hear your voice in it,

Let me tune my ears through it,

Let me focus my life in your

Undistracted,

Open,

Loving,

Breathing,

And ever speaking

Silence.

Amen.

July 4, 2011

On this day of all days, O Lord,

Help us to remember that political borders are not created by you,

But by humans.

All boundaries that separate humanity

Are created by humans,

And the things that bind us in true community

Are of you.

Remind us to forget our differences,

And bring us into true, global community.

Amen.

July 3, 2011

Simply being.

Why is that so difficult for me, O God?

Why do I feel that I cannot simply be,

But I must be constantly struggling,

Always supposedly for you,

But too many times against you.

Help me to allow myself to be

In your presence,

And with your spirit to guide me.

Amen.

July 2, 2011

Lord, speak to me,

Guide me,

Use me to touch your people.

Help me to teach others about you

So that the world can change.

And never let me forget that when the world does change,

Or when one person changes,

I did not do the changing,

I was simply your tool.

You brought the change about.

Amen.

July 1, 2011

Dear God,

Each day is a new day,

But I cannot seem to let go of the things from yesterday.

I let my past define me,

And I cannot forget my mistakes, sins, shortcomings.

They are who I have allowed myself to think that I am.

But you redefine me,

You renew me,

You redeem me.

Help me to see myself in your eyes,

The eyes of grace,

That see me as a new creation in you.

Amen.