Here’s a prayer of
adoration and confession from the Spill
the Beans team. It was posted on the Church of Scotland’s Weekly Worship website.
Prayer
of Adoration and Confession
God of all seasons,
God of all time,
God of all words,
we come.
We come as we are:
out of time, out of
sorts, out of reason,
yet seeking time to be,
reasons to be
and most of all to be
calm in Your presence,
ready to listen, and
know, and follow and obey.
Holy God, You gave us
guidance.
In all of history Your
guidance has been there:
muddled and devalued by
words like command and order,
when what You seek of
us is desire, love, compassion, hope.
Forgive us when our
lives are full of commandments and rules
and bereft of
compassion and love.
Forgive us when the
word becomes more than the Word,
when our determination
to adhere to the word
belies the Spirit of
joy and hope.
Show us, gently,
humbly, lightly, softly
how to follow,
how to be guided into
obedience
and teach us acceptance
of Your love, Your
forgiveness and Your compassion.
Amen.
~ written by the Spill
the Beans team (http://spillbeans.org.uk/)
and posted on the Church of Scotland’s Weekly
Worship website. http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/
