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Today in prayer, as we sit with the words of Walter Brueggemann, we consider how steadfast God’s character really is and how grateful we are for all that this means for us.

With you it is never “more or less”

We will be your faithful people –
        more or less
We will love you with all our hearts – 
        perhaps
We will love our neighbours as ourselves –
        maybe.
We are grateful that with you it is
        never “more or less”
            “perhaps,” or
            “maybe.”
With you it is never “yes and no,”
    but always “yes” – clear, direct,
    unambiguous, trustworthy.
We thank you for your “yes”
    come flesh among us.  Amen.

(Prayer from: Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth: Prayers of Walter Brueggemann, Edited by Edwin Searcy, Fortress Press Minneapolis 2003. page 139.)

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