Tuesday 20 December 2016

December 20

As we tire of waiting for the love born of and in flesh to return let us pray together:

We give you thanks for the babe born in violence.
We give you thanks for the miracle of Bethlehem,
born into the Jerusalem heritage.

We do not understand why the innocents must be slaughtered;
we know that your kingdom comes in violence and travail.
Our time would be a good time for your kingdom to come,
because we have had enough of violence and travail.

So we wait with eager longing,
and with enormous fear,
because your promises
do not coincide with our favorite injustices.

We pray for the coming of your kingdom on earth
as it is around your heavenly throne.

We are people grown weary of waiting.

We dwell in the midst of cynical people,
and we have settled for what we can control.

We do know that you hold initiative for our lives,
that your love planned our salvation
before we saw the light of day.

And so we wait for your coming, 
in your vulnerable baby 
in whom all things are made new. 

Amen.1

Readings: John 3:16 and Matthew 3:1-12

As the lead up to Christmas brings with it increased stress and with that often decreased grace, mercy and love. Try to pause and meditate on the profoundly miraculous and amazing gift of love in God's gift to us, Jesus, who by his love is working the renewal of all things, including our frantic, often patience-less hearts.


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