Lord God,
Paul describes the life of sin as futile,
like fumbling in the dark,
like having a heart as hard and unfeeling as rock.
That is not the way we learned Christ.
For surely we have heard about him
and were taught in him.
The truth is in Jesus.
We have been taught to put away our former self,
to set it at the curb with the rest of the trash.
We have been called to put on a new self,
the self we were created for.
Forgive us, O Lord.
The old self hangs in our closet.
We pull it out now and again
and try to convince ourselves it still fits,
it still works.
Forgive us, O Lord
when we flip off the light switch
and choose to fumble in the dark,
when we ignore that pain in our chest
as we allow our hearts to harden.
Forgive us, O Lord.
Bring us into the light and truth.
Restore to us a heart of flesh.
Clothe us in forgiveness and grace,
righteousness and holiness.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.
As used by South Bend Christian Reformed Church in South Bend, IN
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