“Asking for Ears”—A Prayer for December 6, 2020
We were never that good at listening to prophets.
You know it, God, but we need to hear ourselves say it.
They call us out, not only for the obvious sins
we can all respectably shake our fingers at,
but for the subtle forms of rottenness inside us, too.
They make us see where we have grown accustomed
to casual meanness and willful indifference.
They force us to face where we have been duped
by hucksters and fallen for snake-oil.
They compel us to admit how we have made
money our god and neighbors our enemies.
Even their dreams of a new creation
where justice is at home
make us squirm (more than a little),
because they call us to confess
how comfortable we have become
with the notions of hungry children
and endless wars.
We need to hear the dreamers you send.
So today we are asking for ears to listen.
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