On lee's knees

1-1-2012

“Sunday Morning Coming Down”

Good morning God.  We are grateful to spend our first few minutes with You on this New Years day.  The readings, Genesis 32-35, were about a very troubled family whose faults are all too clear.  Why would You, when documenting Your people, place in writing a record of sex, lies, killing, rape, deceit, bickering, and conniving?  So much about You startles me!  All of humanity is flawed from beginning to today and You faithfully have it recorded.  Why?   Maybe because we are all the same.  From Lady Gaga to Billy Graham we are all struggling with this bittersweet dilemma of being human.  We all believe ourselves to be relevant, (Damien Hurst’s, “The Improbability of Death to the Living”) and so we sat about trying to convince ourselves, and all those who will watch, that we are.  Some of us, like the Children of Israel and the two mentioned above, get our lives documented, most “live lives of quiet” attempts.  All along the way You are there, gently but with loving exuberance, urging us to submit our humanity to Your care and leadership.  Some do, like Pastor Graham, and live a life of humble good doing.  Others, like Lady Gaga, struggle to know who they really are.  And then there are the rest of us who live somewhere in between.

Can You suffer a prayer for all of humanity?  May we all grow closer to You or meet someone who will willingly guide us closer to You.  And Father, allow me and mine to be guides.