LENTEN PRAYERS
WALKING WITH JESUS
Day 38: Thursday
Mark 8:34-38
O Christ, we are not very
good at denying ourselves. We are
practiced at satisfying every need and sating every desire as soon as we feel a
twinge of lack. That often makes it
difficult for us to focus on your presence and follow your lead. We are more likely to see You out of the
corner of our eye as we gaze with longing at something that we do not have.
Forgive us for being more
devoted to our own satisfaction than we are to following You wherever You lead
us. Forgive us for being unwilling to
deny ourselves, and set aside the fine lives we have constructed, in order to
give of our lives as You have given yours.
Every effort we make to
protect and save our lives turns to ashes in our hands. When we seek only what we want, we come up
empty, dissatisfied, insecure, and paralyzed.
When we follow You gladly, even into the depths of suffering and the
terror of death, You give us new joy, new energy, new insight, new hope, and
new life.
As we follow You and cling
to You, we cling to what is really real.
Let us give our lives gladly for your sake, as You have given yourself
for us. Amen.
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