Holy God,
It's amazing to read about the way you have been involved in human history. Time and time again, you have reached out in love to a people who have turned away in sin. At times, your anger was raised, but you always seem to have a well of compassion from which to draw. When the people deserved destruction, you chose to offer life. When the people sinned, you offered redemption.
In Christ, you came into this life--you became fully human--and experienced temptation, experienced the people's sin directly. And yet, in the midst of our sin, you brought life. You brought hope. In the crucifixion, the height of sin, you found a path to life.
And you continue to reach out to us, even now. We still sin, knowing full well that we shouldn't, and yet your Holy Spirit is reaching out, drawing all people to you. You long for us to live in communion with you. Be at work in our hearts, Lord, that we may recognize you reaching out to us, and that we may be transformed by your love, so that we live for you alone.
Amen
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