Saturday, March 20, 2021

Dear God,

St. Paul wrote these words to his son in faith, Timothy:  "All the Christians would be filled with love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience and sincere faith."  If we judged all people by this principle, we would all fall short.  A pure heart, a clear conscience and sincere faith, a real call to love.  I needed to read that this morning.

How can we develop these, O God?  How can we have a pure heart when we lust after people and things that will never lead us to an authentic love?  And a clear conscience?  Really?  So often we tell lies, exaggerate or massage the truth to make ourselves something else.  Our former president made up truth as he went.  He was not interested in the real truth.  Perhaps that is true at times for all humans.  And a sincere faith?  How can our faith be sincere if we do not put you first, worship faithfully and live lives that indicate a devout faith?  In all of these, O Lord, we need your help.

Lead and

guide us

to holiness,

Living God.

When we

devote our lives

to you,

when we surrender

our hearts

to you

and when

we give

to you

and others,

only then

can we

be found

with pure hearts,

a clear conscience

and a 

sincere faith.

Remake us

once again

with the ability

to love 

your will

and your way.

Make us

like you,

I pray.

Love, Andrea