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A Prayer For When We’re Looking For A Sign

Loving God,

When we’re desperate for a sign that things are going to change,

Help us recognize the signs that are present and not just the ones we want to see.

Amen

Living In Love: God’s Loving Kindness and the Kingdom of Heaven Among Us Day 28

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A Reflection for When We’re Looking for a Sign

Sometimes we just want a sign that things really are going to change, that they’re going to get better.

Hezekiah got his sign in the form of a shadow moving backward. A shadow. Nothing concrete or tangible. Nothing he could put his hands on.

Yet it was a sign that things were going to change.

We can often see the signs of hope when we stop looking specifically for the ones we are hoping to see.

Living In Love: God’s Loving Kindness and the Kingdom of Heaven Among Us Day 28

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A Prayer for When We’re Afraid to Stop Fighting

Loving God,

When we’re afraid to stop fighting with each other,

Help us make each other feel safe enough to lose.

Amen.

Living In Love: God’s Loving Kindness and the Kingdom of Heaven Among Us Day 27

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A Reflection for When We’re Afraid To Stop Fighting

Sometimes we keep fighting because we’re afraid of what will happen if we admit we’ve lost.

Ben-Hadad could have kept fighting, but he heard that the kings of Israel showed mercy and kindness (חֶסֶד, ḥesed) to their enemies.

Sometimes people will stop fighting when they know they don’t have to be afraid of us if they lose.

from 1 Kings 20:31

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A Prayer For When We Need To Enforce Our Boundaries

Loving God,

When people keep pushing our boundaries, but we are too afraid to fight,

Give us the courage to stand strong, even if our knees shake a little bit.

Amen.

Living In Love: God’s Loving Kindness and the Kingdom of Heaven Among Us Day 26

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A Reflection for When We Need to Enforce Our Boundaries

Sometimes we have to enforce our boundaries, even when we aren’t sure we can.

Ahab was facing a war he didn’t want to fight and likely couldn’t win. He’d already conceded more than he should, but Ben-hadad kept demanding more.

Ahab consulted with his elders and finally answered, “All that you first demanded I will do, but this thing I cannot do.” — from 1 Kings 20:9

Sometimes enforcing our boundaries means a battle, but sometimes we have to fight if we want to survive.

Living In Love: God’s Loving Kindness and the Kingdom of Heaven Among Us Day 26

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A Prayer For When We’re In Over Our Heads

Loving God,

When we are in over our heads,

Help us trust your love to keep us and your wisdom to guide us,

As we admit we don’t know the way.

Amen

Living In Love: God’s Loving Kindness and the Kingdom of Heaven Among Us Day 25

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A Reflection for When We Are In Over Our Heads

Sometimes we feel like we’re in over our heads.

Solomon had just been made king. And in his words, he didn’t know if he was coming or going. —from 1 Kings 3:7

But he did three things that made all the difference. He trusted God’s steadfast love to keep him. He recognized and acknowledged his own limitations. And finally, he sought wisdom for the road ahead.

Love will keep us, and wisdom will guide us when we’re honest enough to say we don’t know the way.

Living In Love: God’s Loving Kindness and the Kingdom of Heaven Among Us Day 25

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