Here’s
a beautiful prayer of thanksgiving for the mercy and generosity of God’s love.
It was written by Cheryl Lawrie and posted on [hold this space].
Prayer
“…He does
not treat us as our sins deserve….” Psalm 103:10
We
celebrate your absolute and complete unfairness, God.
You
do not give us what we deserve.
You
answer our unfaithfulness with generosity.
You
do not repay betrayal with vengeance.
You
never stop loving when we give every reason for you to stop.
You
give us every possible chance, and then still more, to start again.
But
our story doesn’t end there.
You
invite us into the life of faith
where
your impossible grace becomes the standard for our living.
As
such we pray for your company
as
we try the things we fear most we can’t do:
In
the silence,
we
name the people it is impossible for us to forgive
and
ask you to walk with us in the journey to grace.
We
name the people we know we have no right to ask forgiveness of
and
ask you to walk alongside them with your compassion.
We
name the situations that have no resolution that we can possibly imagine
and
pray that will not stop us
from
always choosing love.
Your
ending is always
and
only
love.
May
we live to make that the world’s ending too.
~
written by Cheryl Lawrie and posted on [hold
this space]. http://holdthisspace.org.au/
