Wednesday, October 08, 2014

The Church’s Plea – v4

Whether we know it or not or
admit it or not as fact,
Churches are places of healing
run by broken people
no better and no worse
than the rest of us individually

We pray you will listen
but we know there is distance
space between us
which we cannot change
pain you feel
which we regret.

If you used to come
to this church, this sanctuary
if you once felt belonging,
part of this family;
but you left because
of something someone said
or didn’t say or
something someone did
or didn’t do,
We apologize and
we ask you for forgiveness.

We pray you will hear us
a genuine apology for
the crack, the break, in the circle
for the missing pieces
we can’t change the past
but we want you with us.

Please come back;
we need you, with us
we didn’t mean to hurt you.
Our life together will be
richer with you here with us,
healed of our brokenness, schism.
We love you and we are sorry
if we hurt you in any way
with our words or our actions
or when we failed to act or speak.
We are all too human;
we make mistakes.
                  
Whether we know it or not or
admit it or not as fact,
Churches are places of healing
run by broken people
no better and no worse
than the rest of us individually


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edited October 8, 2014

edited June 3, 2014
The Church’s Plea – v3
edited May 30, 2014
The Church’s Plea – v2
May 2, 2014
The Church’s Plea
2 Corinthians 4:1-16
2 Corinthians 4:15
“Jesus All the Time!”
devotion by Phil Robertson
for April 30, 2014
read April 30, 2014
Duck Commander Daily Devotional
compiled by Alan Robertson


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