Here’s a prayer of
confession from Presbyterian World Service & Development website. It was inspired by Mark 9:50.
Prayer
of Confession
(inspired
by Mark 9:50)
Salt is good for seasoning.
But if it loses its flavor, how do you make it salty
again? Mark 9:50
Merciful God,
You call us to be
salt of the earth and light of the world.
We confess that our
witness is often bland and gloomy.
Forgive us when we
fail to be an influence for good,
and when we condone
or do what is wrong in Your sight.
Help us to flavour
the earth with righteousness
and to reflect the
light of Your love in a dark world;
through Jesus Christ,
the Light of the world. Amen.
~ written by The Rev.
Iona MacLean, First Presbyterian Church, Pictou, Nova Scotia, in Change is Happening, published
by the Presbyterian World Service &
Development, the development and relief agency of The Presbyterian Church
in Canada and a member of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. www.presbyterian.ca/pwsd
