“but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” So, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.”
2 Corinthians 12:9 NRSV
Let us pray.
Lord Jesus, the world around us is filled with hardness trying to recreate hardness. Friends engaging in greed and pushing people down into discouragement and detachment. Lives are made of hurt, causing more hurt. Love being thrown out like trash to the curb. Lord, why has humanity become so shallow. Why have we moved so far from Your ever enlivening love for all of Your creation. Too often humanity cheapens life with stuff instead of instilling Your grace into relationships giving value to time spent together and life sharing journeys forming communities of rooted in You.
Lord Jesus, the busyness of minds chase after the illusions of success forgetting about the limited moments we have to share with the most important people around us. Self destruction leads us disguised as fulfillment and even contentment. We miss the underlying truth of Your sustaining love giving us breath, breath that is to be shared with words of life, and grace filled steps of growing together in hope and transformation.
Lord Jesus, Your faithfulness should be our guide but too often we miss Your truth in our delusions of grandeur, of our own rightness. Forgive us of our crass words, our hardened hearts, our misled minds. Lord minister to our very souls that we might draw strength from You in the fullness of life. Help us Lord to not repeat the destruction of past generations. Grant us Lord Your understanding that we would not continually go back to the sin filled ways of death and destruction but live in Your humility and strength. We pray this in Your life giving name. Amen.