We should know better, but we still look for quick fixes, as if a pill, a program, a surgery, a single donation of time or effort could solve everything. We are like the people in the Psalm who say, “Oh that we could see some good! Let the light of your face shine on us!” But true faith lies in knowing that God has “put more gladness in my heart than when grain and wine abounds.” Help us Lord, to continually, persistently, and devotedly seek your will in all of our lives so that your light can shine through us, even as your light shines within us. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Light Within - Traditional
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God, we turn towards you with hurting hearts. We have failed to accept what you have offered: justification by grace and saving by faith. It is too simple a formula. We think it needs to be complicated, with steps we check off as we go, and a great revelation at the end. Rather, you are the sacrifice and the great redemption. Our job is to turn to you. As the great physician you circumcise our hearts and ask us to live a life of humility, faith, hope, and charity. Ah, there is the rub – we struggle with faith, hope, and charity. We say we have faith, but constantly live in fear and despair. We doom-scroll through news feeds that feed us catastrophe, tragedy, and anger. We engage in creating divides of us and them based on whatever differences we can find. Lord, circumcise our hearts and remind us the paths of your righteousness: what you ask of us is faith, hope, and charity. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.