Beyond
O God,
Help us to move
beyond intellectual belief in you
to absolute trust in you,
beyond general characterizations of groups
to particular relationships with people,
beyond a childish clinging to certitude
to a mature acceptance of mystery,
beyond a fear of the future
to an embrace of the possibilities,
beyond resistance to change
to acceptance of progress,
beyond guilt over our sins
to celebration of your forgiveness,
beyond a dread of death
to the living of life,
beyond obsession with self
to concern for others,
beyond what was
to what is,
and
beyond what is
to what can be.
Amen.
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