Gracious Heavenly Father,
You are glorious above all
creation. You made all the things in the
universe but they do not define you. You
are yourself and only you know yourself totally. You are so far above our understanding that
we see only shadows and reflections.
Thank you for these Father, for showing us as much as we can bear of the
truth about who you are and who we are.
Thank you for removing everything that stands between us and you. You take our guilt and shame and fear and replace
it with righteousness, honor, and glory.
Thank you that you will finally complete this work and wholly unite us
to yourself.
Thank you for the way you are doing
it now. Only you know how to break us of
our sinful thinking and attitudes. We
can’t do it ourselves because we can’t stand the pain. We’re moral cowards and don’t love enough to
hate our sin properly. But you do. You love and hate perfectly and know exactly
how to make us into men and women who reflect your love, beauty, and holiness. You perfect your power in weakness. We are weak.
Here we are Father; do with us all your holy will.
In Jesus’ name, amen.