Prayer
(inspired by John
21:1-19 and Acts 9:1-20)
Holy
Risen One,
Signs
of your resurrection
surprise
us with their ordinary sacred.
We
go about our lives,
not
knowing how to live into the new life you promise,
so
we do what we know to do –
As
the disciples go back to fishing,
we
get back to business.
All
the while,
in
the back of our minds and hearts,
we
grieve Your Absence,
we
miss Your Presence.
And
just as we start to think You were just a dream,
You
show up as ordinary sacred,
grilling
fish on the beach,
offering
a small kindness through a stranger on the street,
a
simple magic moment with a friend,
a
tulip blooming in the rain.
Help
us to remember that everything is different
in
the living of our lives
because
of You.
As
we celebrate new life,
we
are mindful of the places and peoples and creatures
who
suffer in mind, body, and spirit.
We
are mindful of war-torn countries,
and
refugee children who pick scraps of bread off the street to eat…
We
are mindful for those who deal with the stress
of
caring for a loved one
and
those whose bodies are racked with disease and sickness.
We
pause here to remember them.
(pause
to name concerns/or silent prayer)
Like
Paul, make the scales fall from our hearts’ eyes
so
that we can see your world in the way You see it.
Clear
our vision
so
that we can love with the love you so freely offer us.
In
the name of Christ, our brother and friend,
Amen.
~
written by Rev Karla and posted on RevGalBlogPals.
https://revgalblogpals.org/2016/04/09/sunday-prayer-190/
