A Prayer for Saturday, August 3, 2013

Both, Part 20 (and Part Last)

O God,

Help us both to die and to live.

Help us—

--to die to self and to live to you;
--to die to greed and to live to generosity;
--to die to vengeance and to live to forgiveness;
--to die to legalism and to live to grace;
--to die to pride and to live to humility;
--to die to lust and to live to love;
--to die to envy and to live to gratitude;
--to die to taking and to live to giving;
--to die to our will and to live to your will; and
--to die to our way and to live to your way.

Help us, O God, both to die and to live; help us, O God, to die so that we can live …

Amen.