Pastoral Prayer for May 19, 2024

Our pastoral prayer this morning is by Ted Loder.

Please allow his words to become your own personal words.

Loving God,

send the gift of your Spirit

to fill this place

and myself

and the world.

Touch me

with truth

that burns like fire,

with beauty

that moves me like the wind;

and set me free, God,

free to try new ways of living;

free to forgive myself and others;

free to love and laugh and sing;

free to lay aside my burden of security;

free to join the battle for justice and peace;

free to see and listen and wonder again

at the gracious mystery of things and persons;

free to be,

to give,

to receive,

to rejoice as a child of your Spirit.

And, God,

teach me how to dance,

to turn around

and come down where I want to be,

in you,

that I may praise and enjoy you forever.

Amen.