Entering Exodus ~ prayer

As we breathe in God’s presence today, we name and notice the ways that fear/frustration/ apathy or feeling overwhelmed too often picks the radio stations, sets the destination on the GPS of our daily living, and grasps the steering wheel of life. 

 

As we exhale all the emotions that swirl and sting and stir in our souls, we sit in this moment.

 

Gracious God, we know that fear/feeling overwhelmed makes the world binary.  Either or.  Us versus them.  Fear is the currency of oppression, pulling others down.  And we acknowledge, name, and notice our fears today.

 

Help us breathe in a Shiphrah and Puah way of courage, curiosity, and creativity.  Help us embrace and embody those words every hour today.

 

God, we know that courage is to speak one’s mind by telling one’s heart or as Paul said in Ephesians, “To speak the truth in love.”  Let that wisdom and invitation guide us.

 

God, we know that curiosity is an openness and willingness to listen and learn ~ help us not be so closed off and confident that we think we’ve got it all figured out or that our way is the only way.

 

God, we know we are all artists in the art of daily living. So help our words, actions, decisions, presence be like a box of crayons coloring on the canvas of life called, “Today.”

 

Take our lives and let them be blessed by You eternally…

Take our intellect, hearts, and hands to guide us as You choose.

 

Amen.