I know Ash Wednesday was actually last Wednesday but this weekend I saw a prayer at J’s office that they used on Ash Wednesday. It was thought provoking for me and I wanted to share it with you as we reflect on Christ’s journey to the cross.
Catch me in my anxious scurrying, God,
and hold me in the Lenten season:
hold my feet to the fire of Your grace
and make me attentive to my mortality
that I may begin to die now
to those things that keep me
from living with You
and with my neighbors on this earth;
to grudges and interferences,
to certainties that smother possibilities,
to my fascination with false securities,
to my addiction to sweatless dreams,
to my arrogant insistence on how it has to be;
to my corrosive fear of dying someday
which eats away the wonder of living this day,
and the adventure of losing my live
in order to find it in You.
Amen.
Examine me O God and know my heart, test me and discover my thoughts, and lead me in the way of everlasting. PS 139:23-24
I know this is from a book of prayer but I don’t know the author or the book. If I find out, I’ll add it to the post.
Tags: Ash Wednesday, Inspire
