Alive
What will happen to our hearts as our days pile up and as our experiences accumulate?
It is possible that the longer we live and the more we experience, the smaller and harder and more closed our hearts will become; in that case our lives will become characterized by protectiveness and bitterness.
It is possible that the longer we live and the more we experience, the lazier and more distracted and more inattentive our hearts will become; in that case our lives will become characterized by apathy and escapism.
But it is also possible that the longer we live and the more we experience, the bigger and more focused and more open our hearts will become; in that case our lives will become characterized by empathy, compassion, grace, vulnerability, love—and life!
Grant, O Lord, that the longer we live the more alive we will become.
Amen.
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