This week, we are letting one
sentence prayers from Justin McRoberts and Scott Erikson interrupt and inspire
our lives in this art project of life.
It is fascinating that just a few words can stop us in our tracks. Yesterday, we held onto the truth that while
my point of view is a view from a point, that doesn’t mean I keep silent or stand
stuck on the sidelines of life. I can
show up and speak up, but I also hold the truth that what I offer you right
now, by this evening might seem lame and past its expiration date. How I think now is not how I
thought five years ago. To be sure,
there are some constants that continue to be threads in the quilt of my life,
but the stitching from a few years ago can start to fray and fall apart. I also trust that God who is the original
seamstress of Genesis 3:21 (you should really pause and go read how God makes
clothing for Adam and Eve. It is as if
God is saying exasperatedly, “Take off those itchy fig leaves and wear this!” By the way it doesn’t tell us exactly what
God crafts or creates. I wonder what the
clothing is we make for ourselves that God prayerfully invites us to take off
to put on different ways of being?). I
know that while I seek to speak the truth in love, I also know that tomorrow my
words might be dust in the wind or mist in the air ~ not really landing. I can try with my heart to speak the truth in
love and end up hurting someone. Maybe
in addition to speaking the truth in love, I need to listen and learn as well. I can find ways to live the truth that the
words, “listen” and “silent”, have the same letters, both are important. This leads me to the prayer sentence for
today from Justin McRoberts and Scott Erikson.
Before
I see someone as a problem, may I see him/her/them as a human being.
Let these words wonderfully
interrupt and inspire your life on this day.
Alleluia and Amen.
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