{"id":8598,"date":"2019-12-07T23:47:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T22:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=8598"},"modified":"2019-12-07T23:47:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T22:47:44","slug":"we-bring-our-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2019\/12\/07\/we-bring-our-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"We bring our stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8600\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2019\/12\/07\/we-bring-our-stories\/zadkine_touching_leaves\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/zadkine_touching_leaves-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/zadkine_touching_leaves-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/zadkine_touching_leaves-scaled.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6;\"><em>The Destroyed City<\/em> (Rotterdam) &#8211; rebuilt and flourishing &nbsp; (Photo: Irene Bom)<br \/>\nSculpture by Ossip Zadkine, inspired by the devastation of the 1940 bombing of Rotterdam<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:24px; font-family:Georgia, serif;line-height:1.5;\">The first post in our December series, &#8220;Story&#8221;, features a prayer by <strong>Cheryl Lawrie<\/strong> that invites God to speak into the particulars of our lives with his story of transforming  grace.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3>Prayer<\/h3>\n<p>God, we bring our stories<br \/>\n<strong>and we wait to be held by yours.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We bring our faithfulness:<br \/>\n<strong>shape it with grace<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We bring our success:<br \/>\n<strong>shape it with generosity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We bring our weaknesses:<br \/>\n<strong>shape them with compassion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We bring our possibilities:<br \/>\n<strong>shape them with hope.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We confess, God, that the way is hard<br \/>\nand we are tired.<br \/>\n<strong>Speak into our tiredness with your story of grace<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We confess that the way is unclear<br \/>\nand we do not know the path<br \/>\n<strong>Speak into our wandering with your story of vision<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We confess that we are tired of waiting<br \/>\nand we just want to make it happen<br \/>\n<strong>Speak into our impatience with your story of wisdom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let your story be our story<br 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