Pause for Prayer: SUNDAY 3/2

Lent begins this week on Ash Wednesday, March 5.  Lent might be just the time, the season, for me to take care of some unfinished business in my spiritual life...

 

The truth is, Lord,

you and I have some unfinished business:

    a few loose ends to tie up,

    an unsettled account or two...

 

You know all about this, Lord 

and I do, too -

even if I try to hide it or forget it:

    my unforgiven sins; faults not yet repented;

    grudges old and rusty; 

    resentments stoked by anger;

    bad habits not yet broken; 

    my arrogance and envy;

    selfishness and carelessness; 

    a sour, bitter spirit; 

    a prayer life left untended...

 

My unfinished business, Lord:

    loose, unraveled ends, 

    unsettled, long-past-due accounts

       that weigh upon my soul...

Remind me of your kindness,

   your mercy and your pardon

and give me all the strength I need,

   the honesty and courage,

to make my peace with you, Lord,

    in the holy days of Lent...

   

Amen.

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