It is you who creates, sustains, and loves all of creation. It is you who sees into each of our hearts and knows what we cannot know about ourselves. It is you who calls us to be your people; together and as individuals we are called to be in relationship with you.
But God, we so often we fail at being in that relationship. We forget to show you we care, we forget to listen to your voice, we focus more on our lives than we do on you. And God, we confess that in the same way we fail at our relationships with other people, those whom we love and care about. Because it is so easy to be caught up in our own business, we ignore the importance of our families and of our own bodies, and we become unbalanced and, ultimately, do not honor you.
God, at those times, when we fail, we ask that you still our minds so that we can hear you guiding us. We ask that you open our eyes so that we can see ourselves and our lives clearly. We pray that you give us the strength to right our unbalanced relationships with work and home and with you.
We thank you for this day, for this church, for this community. We pray for your unceasing grace to cover each of us and all the world. In the name of your Holy Son, we offer this prayer.
Amen.
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