Sometimes God's breaking in makes things more difficult, convoluted and may even contain it's own measure of sorrowing. So I like the title of this piece. An authentic wrestling with God, by Stanley Hauerwas.
God, Could You Leave Us Alone?
Zealous God, we confess, like your people Israel, that we tire of being 'the chosen.' Could you not just leave us alone every once in awhile? Sometimes this 'Christian stuff' gets a bit much. Life goes on and we have lives to live. Yet, unrelenting, you refuse to leave us alone. You are, after all, a zealous God. You startle us from our reveries by gathering us into your dream time, into your church. May we, thus gathered, be so inspired by your Spirit that our lives never tire, that we have the energy now to wait, to rest, in the goodness and beauty of your truth. Amen.
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