"Shaken and Stirred"--A Prayer for December 2, 2020
(drawn from Psalm 80:1-3)
A poet from another time
taught us to pray to you, God, by saying,
“Stir up your strength, and come to help us.”
But to be completely honest with you,
we’re not sure we are ready to be stirred up...just yet.
We’re not sure we are comfortable
with how you will shake up our old routines
and jar us out of apathy toward our neighbors.
We have curated our numbness,
and we are not at all certain that
we are prepared to have our apple-carts upset
by a God who stirs things up
and who never leaves us the same.
Not Mary, minding her business.
Not Joseph, just trying to get some sleep.
Not the graveyard-shift shepherds putting in their hours.
We resist your change, but we need it.
Come to us again, O God. Leave us shaken and stirred.
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