Grateful
O God,
Give us grace to be grateful
for all the ways that you have
blessed us by your grace.
Give us grace to be grateful
in ways that show that we understand
just how gracious your grace is.
We need your help to show gratitude
in the right way because given the way we are,
it is possible for us to be grateful for your grace
even while harboring and even nurturing
the attitude that somehow we deserve it.
It is possible that when we say we are grateful
for your grace we really mean that we are grateful
that we are not like those sinners who
don’t merit your grace like we do.
It is possible that our supposedly humble
expressions of gratitude for your grace
mask a heart that is filled with pride.
So thank you for your grace.
Give us grace to know
just how gracious your grace is.
Give us grace to know
that deserving has nothing to do with it.
Amen.
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