Perplexing, puzzling, playful,
praising God, thank you for words of wisdom that meet us where we are, stretch
us to new shapes we did not think possible, and for new insights that dance in
our hearts. Help us, for we are
always trying/striving/searching to reconcile the Sermon on the Mount with the
Gospels of the World. We are
continually formed, not just in Your image God, but by a world that grumbles
about gas prices, exhausted by our own busy schedules because we are not sure
how to say, “No”, and feeling that “not enoughness” even as You continually
call to us with “belovedness”. God, we
pray You would gospel our lives with the Sermon on the Mount, meet us in
moments of fascination and frustration and form us to faithfulness with Your
light of love. Grant us wisdom, grant us
courage, for the living of this day and the days to come, O God of grace and
glory. In the name of the One whose
words we have wrestled with and sought a blessing from, Jesus the Christ. Amen.
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