A Prayer for Friday, September 14, 2012

Embrace

Help us, O God,

to hold our sins loosely but to embrace your forgiveness tightly,
to hold our hurts loosely but to embrace your healing tightly,
to hold our fears loosely but to embrace your faith tightly,
to hold our anger loosely but to embrace your mercy tightly,
to hold our distrust loosely but to embrace your love tightly,
to hold our self-interest loosely but to embrace your generosity tightly,

and

to hold our selves loosely but to embrace you and other people tightly.

Amen.