Offering

Photo by Todd Jenkins

We confess, O God, 

that we’re really good 

at offering you advice. 

We go through the motions 

of handing things over to you, 

but when we think no one’s looking, 

we try to take them back. 

We have a hard time, 

O Lord, seeing beyond 

our own hopes and dreams; 

and these are so easily 

colored and limited by our own 

experiences and understandings.

In your gentle mercy, O God, 

open our ears, eyes, and hearts 

to the grand plans and promises 

that you have had for us 

since before we were born; 

through Jesus Christ, 

the prince of peace and 

dreamer of resurrection. Amen. 

© 2014 Todd Jenkins