Pause for Prayer: SUNDAY 11/23

 

Today we celebrate your kingship, Lord,
even though you told us in so many ways
    - not to make you a king...

But it must might be

    that I need a king...  

I need you to reign over my life
    because left to my own devices
        I mess things up way too often...

I need you to rule over my passions:
    my hungers and desires too often override
        my thinking, reasoning and conscience...

I need you to govern and hold sway
    over my erratic ways, my ups and downs,
        my inconsistent unpredictability...

I need you to decree again the law of love,
    commanding me to give with generosity
        when I'm so tempted to hold back...

Be my king, Lord:
    reign with loving order 

        over chaos in my day;
    rule with gentle strength 

        when I start to go astray;
    and govern with your word of truth 

        the way I live my life...

Be my king, Lord, and rule with gentle grace 

    my heart and soul
        and all my thoughts and words and deeds
    that I might serve you always,
        loyal to your saving name...

Amen.

 

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