Our Flawed Ideas

Words of Humble Confession

We confess we sin
   individually against others, 
      we confess we repeat our  
         mistakes, 
    even though we know better. 

We allow our actions to make it harder 
   for others to reach you. 

Release us from our flawed ideas and  
   the desires that trip us up 
       causing our fall into sin. 

Move us closer to you and away from that which tempts us. 

We confess we are also a part 
    of the world’s systems of sin. 

We are all twisted up in that which we  
   barely understand. 

We claim our success is of our own
  doing and anyone can do as we,
      even as our kindred struggle in 
          poverty or other injustices that
               we never face. 

Release us from our ignorance and
    arrogance so that we can live in
         your beloved community. 

In the name of those with whom we 
    are connected yet don’t know. Amen.                                            TG

Words of Hope & Assurance Matthew 28:6-7a CEB: He isn’t here, because he’s been raised from the dead, just as he said. Come, see the place where they laid him. Now hurry, go and tell his disciples, ‘He’s been raised from the dead.

About Tim Graves

Tim is a runner, a hiker, a devoted husband, a father of two adult children and their spouses, and Granddaddy to four perfect children. Retired from early childhood education and ministry, Tim writes from his home in rural northwest Connecticut or wherever life takes him.