Saturday, February 16, 2019

Dear God,

Give us the heart of Christ, Living God; give us the heart of Christ.  When the heart that beats inside us is the heart of Christ, we see others in a different way.  We see them as you see them.  Our minds fill with compassion and mercy.  We want to help others.  We come to love them as Christ loves.

When our heart is the heart of Christ, we look at all life as Christ does.  We see our neighbor and we care.  We look at people and think community.  We listen to the hurts of the world and we want to do something to alleviate the many sorrows present.  When people hurt, we hurt too.  When people celebrate, we celebrate with them.  When we have the heart of Christ, we love so much more.

Give me
the heart
of Christ,
O God.
Carve out
a place
for Christ.
Make my heart
his own.
Clear out
the clutter
that keeps me
from having
a place
for Christ.
Wash my
heart clean
so it
can beat
for you.

Love, Andrea