Here’s
a prayer of confession from the Farming
Community Network, suitable for a time of harvest or thanksgiving
celebrations.
Prayer of Confession during Harvest
As
we celebrate your goodness so we confront our own sin,
our
greed and insensitivity,
our
failure to appreciate what we have
and
the opportunities you have given,
our
readiness to complain,
our
unwillingness to praise.
Father, forgive and
renew us.
Food
taken for granted,
work
unappreciated and poorly rewarded;
self-centred
blindness to other’s needs.
Deliberate
deafness to the cries of the hungry,
coldness
of heart to those deprived of affection,
Father, forgive and
renew us.
A
landscape threatened and an economy at risk;
a
countryside disheartened,
its
communities uncertain and confused,
its
isolation and exclusion ignored.
Father, forgive and
renew us.
May
our sins be forgiven,
our
blindness, deafness and coldness of heart be healed.
May
your renewing spirit rest on us
and
fill our nation with your love and hope.
In
Jesus’ name. Amen
~
posted in Resources for the Celebration of Harvest Festival,” from the Farming Community Network. http://fcn.ehclients.com/assets/Resources_for_the_Celebration_of_Harvest_Festival.pdf
