Lord, your
love is unending. Deliver me from the unloveliness of this age. Empower me to
love as deeply, broadly, fully, and as completely as you love me. When I
encounter the shortcomings and failures of other people, endow me with a spirit
of compassion and patience. When I meet those whose perspective or lifestyle is
radically different from my own, enable me to see the limitations and inadequacies
in my life. When other people disappoint me, remind me of all the ways in which
I disappoint you by what I have done and said. Therefore, I might need to throw
the mantle of charity over the weaknesses of others. When my sin saddens me,
when my failures and shortcomings become clear to me, give me some measure of
charity toward myself, even as you have shown unbounded charity toward me.
Loving God, I would not know love had I not received your love. I am able to
love because your love has flooded into my life in a way that redeems,
sustains, and changes. I love because you first loved me. For your never-ending
and forbearing love, I give thanks today and every day. Amen.
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