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[karenrabbitt]

Sunday Psalm 11.27.22

Father God

Lord Jesus

Holy Spirit

We present ourselves before you again this Sunday.

We are grateful that no matter how challenging

Our lives are, you are at work to will and to act

To accomplish your good purposes.

And you have provided every good

We enjoy, which we easily take for granted.

From the light of the sun, to the plants of the ground,

We live in your provision.

Even in fallenness, 

You have created a hospitable environment.

We want stronger faith, but you have

Given the gift of faith in which we live.

Please strengthen our trust in you.

We want to give more love, 

Out of what you have poured into our hearts.

Help us tune out our worries and

Tune in to your deep deep love.

Because of your tender care,

We place our hope in you.

Our hope that there will be an end to rejection

And fear and disharmony.

We await your second Advent

With hope in your purpose and plan

Because you are committed to us.

There is no other eternal hope.

We will never give up seeking faith, hope, and love.

There’s always more to experience.

And the harmony of eternal well-being in 

You is yet to be. 

Amen.

[karenrabbitt]

Sunday Psalm 11.20.22

Father God

Lord Jesus

Holy Spirit

We present ourselves before you again this Sunday.

So many other paths we could have followed

But we chose the one that brought us here.

And as Robert Frost said,

“Way leads on to way.”

We can look back at the road

We did not take

And wonder at the difference

It would have made,

But we cannot go back.

We chose the traveled or untraveled track.

And you will make of that road

All that it needs to be,

However much suffering that requires

For us or for you.

Because you suffer with each of us, like you

Wept with Mary and Martha at the tomb of Lazarus.

We object to all our affliction and distress.

But we rarely think to wonder 

Why you let yourself in for so much sorrow.

In all our distress, you, too, are distressed.

Not only are you the parent who 

Disciplines us so we may share your holiness, 

But you are also the compassionate shepard.

What purpose do you see?

What is worth so much heartache for you?

We will never give up trusting your compassion.

There is always more comfort in you.

And we await the best, where 

Every question is satisfied. 

Amen.