ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS
August 26, 2019
Prayer for the Week:
You are present!
You are forever available!
You are forever and always with us!
This is the declaration of scripture,
and our faith is the ongoing trek
toward greater appreciation
of what this signifies for us,
our way of thinking,
our way of living.
Eternal God,
you have always
found a way to come close,
even when we wandered away.
There is no place we can go—
no depth of despair,
no sinful conduct,
no embarrassing thought,
no selfish reaction,
no apathetic attitude
where you are not already
fully present
and working to reclaim us
with your redeeming love.
As those who have been rescued
again and again
by your far-reaching presence,
may our lives be the vehicle
by which your Spirit moves
among those who believe
they are beyond your grace.
This is where you have gone,
and this is where we shall go.
Amen.