Here’s a
prayer of confession inspired by the temptations of Christ (Matthew 4:1-11,
Mark 1:12-13, Luke 4:1-13). It comes
from the Third Space website.
Prayer of Confession
(inspired by Matthew 4:1-11, Mark
1:12-13, Luke 4:1-13)
Forty days
alone,
a
wilderness of thoughts,
tempting
and inviting thoughts,
which could
so easily have distracted you
from your
task, your mission,
your
vision.
Yet you
emerged, stronger and more attuned
to all that
had to be done,
despite a time
constraint
that to our
eyes would have seemed hopeless.
We too live
in stressful times.
Demands are
made of our time,
that leave
so little
for the
important things of life.
We are
easily distracted
in the
wilderness of our lives,
by every
call to go this way or that,
to turn
stone to bread
leap from
mountains,
and do all
that would keep us from the truth.
We listen
to the voices of this world,
and ignore
the one who endured all this
and so much
more,
and emerged
triumphant,
that we
might not have to suffer so.
Forgive us,
Father,
when we get
distracted from our task.
Forgive us
those times when we try
to be all
things to all men,
and fail to
be anything to anyone.
~ posted on
the Third Space website. http://third-space.org.uk/blog
