Sculpture by Ossip Zadkine, inspired by the devastation of the 1940 bombing of Rotterdam
The first post in our December series, “Story”, features a prayer by Cheryl Lawrie that invites God to speak into the particulars of our lives with his story of transforming grace.
Prayer
God, we bring our stories
and we wait to be held by yours.
We bring our faithfulness:
shape it with grace
We bring our success:
shape it with generosity
We bring our weaknesses:
shape them with compassion
We bring our possibilities:
shape them with hope.
We confess, God, that the way is hard
and we are tired.
Speak into our tiredness with your story of grace
We confess that the way is unclear
and we do not know the path
Speak into our wandering with your story of vision
We confess that we are tired of waiting
and we just want to make it happen
Speak into our impatience with your story of wisdom
Let your story be our story
and we pray this in Jesus’ name
Amen.
— written by Cheryl Lawrie, and posted on her [hold this space] blog.
Digging deeper
More details about Zadkine’s statue, The Destroyed City