Thursday, June 14, 2012

A Prayer for Thursday, June 14, 2012

Losing

Thank you, God, for when we lose, because when we lose we are in a position to remember two very important truths that we too easily forget when we win: (1) we are totally dependent on you and (2) you love us not because of what we accomplish but because we are your children.

May the times in our lives when we lose involuntarily help to keep us aware that your Son taught us that the key to gaining our lives it to lose them voluntarily.

May the times in our lives when something is taken away from us help to keep us aware that your Son taught us that the key to gaining our lives is to give them away.

We don’t ask you to cause us to like losing, O God, but we do ask that you cause us to appreciate the ways it forces us to remember who we are called to be and how we are called to live.

Amen.

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