We Are Not Great—A Prayer for November 29, 2020
(drawn from Mark 13:24-37)
Help us, God, to live through these days in particular.
These days call for patience—and we are not great at waiting.
These days demand us to be flexible—and we confess
we are not great at having our plans changed, either.
These days demand us to be flexible—and we confess
we are not great at having our plans changed, either.
These days we are having a hard enough time
stringing together two days of “normal” in a row.
stringing together two days of “normal” in a row.
Even “new normal” is hard to come by.
And then you speak to us again
with words that shouldn’t come any more
as unexpected to us, but which still bring us up short.
And then you speak to us again
with words that shouldn’t come any more
as unexpected to us, but which still bring us up short.
You speak of the sun going dark,
the stars crashing down,
and all the powers we thought were permanent
being shaken to the foundations.
the stars crashing down,
and all the powers we thought were permanent
being shaken to the foundations.
We are not great, we confess, at having our worlds
turned upside down, and these days make our heads spin.
But you are great, O God, at holding us through. Do it now.
turned upside down, and these days make our heads spin.
But you are great, O God, at holding us through. Do it now.
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