Lord, you are gracious to hear me
today. I am in need of your grace and forgiveness, today and every day. Your
graciousness allows me to be honest in prayer. You offer manna in the desert
(Exodus 15). You nourish a hungry crowd with loaves and fishes (Matthew 14).
Yet, I find it difficult to trust your abundance. I hoard what I have because
it makes me feel secure. I keep score within my relationships by keeping
tallies of my good works and the shortcomings of others. I follow Jesus, but
only to a point. The gospel confronts me and challenges my complacency, and my
response is to make excuses. Forgive me, gracious Lord. Help me to trust a divine
grace that defies logic. Help me to live in the extravagance of your love and
boundless mercy. Give me the will to live all of my life in service to you, my
strength and redeemer. Amen.
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