I love the Biblical paradoxes. The ‘power in weakness’ passage from 2 Corinthians 12 is has been on my mind this week, and this prayer is an attempt to try to get my head round the wisdom in it.
We seek health:
You bless us with aches and pains, reminders of our fragility.
We seek wealth:
You bless us with limited resources, to help us discover simplicity.
We seek strength:
You bless us with weakness, so we know our need of others.
We seek competence:
You bless us with mistakes, so we learn humility.
We seek to be in control:
You bless us with disorder, good soil for growing trust.
We seek an easy life:
You bless us with problems, for a harvest of perseverance.
We seek to make others see things our way:
You bless us with the struggle for unity in diversity.
We seek a church made of perfect people:
You bless us with a church of sinners,
that we might radiate grace.