LORD of time, who became time by calling Abraham and Sarah to be our forebears, we confess we are not sure we are ready for all this. Our lives so often feel like the meandering of those lost in a wood so thick we cannot even tell when we recross our previous trails. We undo what was done and then complain we have no past, nothing gained. We are so busy, but we fear our busyness is but a distraction necessary to hide from ourselves that we are lost and do not know where we are. Help us to take time to rest, confident that the time created by Christ’s resurrection is our only true time. Grant us serenity. AMEN. Stanley Hauerwas