Here’s
a prayer of confession (and words of assurance) from Rev Gord’s Worship Offerings blog.
Prayer of Confession
God
you have given each of us many gifts,
but
sometimes we cannot recognize
what
gift we have to share,
so
we hide it under a bushel.
God
you remind us that all gifts are needed,
but
sometimes we let ourselves be convinced
that
some gifts are more special than others.
God
you call us to work, to live, to love together as parts of one body,
but
sometimes we decide that membership in the body
is
limited by our understandings.
God,
for the times we have ignored or mislabeled Your gifts,
for
those times we have cut another off from the body,
We
offer words of repentance,
we
ask for forgiveness and grace.
...time
of silent prayer...
Words of Assurance/Forgiveness
God
is the giver of MANY gifts.
God
is the Creator of the ONE body.
God
is slow to anger and quick to forgive.
God
helps us to share and honour the gifts of all,
God
helps us to heal the wounds and reunite the body.
We
are forgiven, loved, and accepted.
Thanks
be to God! Alleluia! Amen
~
posted by Rev Gord on his blog, Worship
Offerings. http://worshipofferings.blogspot.ca/
