Here’s
a responsive prayer of confession written by Rev. Daniel B. Randall.
Confession
We
have heard it said:
Look after number
one…
Get
them before they get you…
Better be safe than
sorry…
What’s
someone else’s problems got to do with me…?
Only the strong
survive…
Money
makes the world go round…
Revenge is sweet…
Avoid
pain at all costs…
May
God forgive us when we, as Christ’s own people,
believe
these words to be life giving
when
Jesus has shown us a better way.
Assurance of Pardon
When
we feel soiled by our own selfishness we are brought close by Jesus,
who
gathers us still, who turns to listen to our voices,
who
reaches out to touch us with hands he is not afraid to get dirty,
to
embrace us; who, in moments of accepting us for who we are
shows
us that we are forgiven and worthy of love and respect.
Thanks be to God.
~ written by Rev. Daniel B. Randall, and posted on
the United Church of Christ’s Worship
Ways website. http://www.ucc.org/worship/worship-ways/
