Tuesday, July 10, 2012

A Prayer for Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Want

We confess, O God, that we do what we want to do; we affirm, O God, that we make time and find resources to do what is important to us.

Helps us to face the truth about what our choices reveal about what we want.

Do we want to become more and more wealthy or do we want to help those in poverty have the basic necessities?

Do we want to be more and more satiated or do we want to help the hungry have enough to eat?

Do we want to be more and more at leisure or do we want to see those who need work find it?

Do we want to be more and more like everybody else or do we want to be more and more like Jesus?

Do we want our will to be done or do we want your will to be done?

Help us, O God, to face honestly what our wants say about us.

Help us, O God, to want what we want to be what you want.

Amen.

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