A PRAYER FOR SUNDAY MORNING 6-4-17
Almighty God, yes, you are almighty, so why should we have to say so all the time? Is your divine ego
that fragile? I think we picked this up from “the world” a long time ago, when
people had to praise the leader as almighty to keep on his good side. “Hail
Caesar!” “Heil Hitler!” And then more lately we got into this awful “praise
song” period in the church, songs with laundry lists about all your almighty
qualities. You know you are almighty; we don’t have to tell you. It makes much
more sense for us to start our prayers and worship with thanks. Thanks for this
good world around us. Thanks for those who make this a good world by loving us
and loving your world and trying to preserve it. Thanks for air and water and flowers
and little children and puppy dogs. Thanks for birds in the air and fish in
streams. Thanks for songs and books and those who speak truth, to power and to
the rest of us. So, thanks. Amen.
JRMcF
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