Friday, July 31, 2026

Shape of Faith, Collective of Hope, and the Way of Love

 


Creatively composing God, thank you for the endless ways You bring/blend faith, hope, and love together in our lives.  You take the spices of faith, hope, and love to create new recipes in each of our lives.  Give us appetites to taste and see Your goodness in others’ stories about faith, hope, and love.  Let us have ears to hear and eyes to see that the diverse ways You were at work in someone else’s story can be both unique and unifying.  That no matter how different someone else’s experience is, there might just be one word from You, O God, in the stories that other person shares.  Help me stay curious, especially when I encounter someone who has all the warmth of a porcupine or the personality of a wet blanket or acts like a bully.  Help me ask, “What happened” rather than fill in the story that I know all about why they do what they do.  Let Your faith in us awaken us in new ways.  Let Your hope open to new possibilities.  And let Your love constantly flow and be what fuels my life this day.  Amen. 

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Shape of Faith, Collective of Hope, and the Way of Love

  Creatively composing God, thank you for the endless ways You bring/blend faith, hope, and love together in our lives.  You take the spices...