God, we sing to You today that
morning has broken, and we pray our minds/hearts/souls/life would stay on Jesus
from morning to night. We offer You
praise that Your blessings are new and renewed each day. We know that worship is more than one hour on
Sunday morning. We wonder how we can
worship in the wayless way we wander through in this wilderness of today. We pray that we would find moments of care in
a harsh, hostile world where fear too often is our go to response, where anger
is the filter we force every word and action through. Let Your loving kindness be encountered and
expressed for us, through us, in us. We
pray for ways we might draw the circle wider, maybe just a half-a-millimeter in
one small corner of the circle. And we
pray, O God, that You would help us accept others as You accept us. Empower us to engage in this prayerful
work. We pray that we will know we
belong and are welcomed by You so that we can in turn offer expressions to
those who cross our path this day. Help
us find ways to do Your will, to be salt that adds zest/spice to life and light
that shines bright. And remind us that
just as we are not the same person as we were back on January 14, 2024, nor
is anyone else. We are all in
process. Some are moving
forward, some are stuck and stymied, some want to go backwards. Help us realize that telling others what do
to rarely works, O God, because when was the last time we welcomed such
commentary on our lives? In this
beautiful, broken, God-soaked world, help us find ways to be Your people
individually and collectively as my story, our story, and Your story
continually evolve and new chapters are written. Amen.