“Redefine Us”—A Prayer for December 17, 2020
You redefine what we thought we knew, God,
and we aren’t quite sure what to do about it.
We live in a time and in a land
that speaks so glibly of “freedom”
as if it meant we are not bound to one another,
as if we bear no responsibility for each other,
as if no one can tell me to give anything up for someone else,
as if my convenience and comfort outweigh my neighbor’s life.
We were told such freedom is the most important thing there is.
But you, O God, you are perfectly free.
You are the sovereign over all creation,
and yet your freest act of all
was the choice to lay it all down,
pouring yourself out like water,
entering our humanity,
sharing our breath and bone,
binding your life to ours
at the cost of comfort and glory.
Such is your wild and good freedom, God.
Redefine us, as well, to be free for such love.
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