And so, we are delivered to the last day of this posting. Â It is so perfect that this prayer is our prayer for today. Â I have been saving this one as it touches on the the truly profound human suffering that Christ endured. Â Let this be our focus on this Friday, the day that our Messiah was crucified.
I have loved this journey with you. Â It has been a blessing to me even as I hope it has blessed your soul as well.
BLOODY LORD, you are just too real. Blood is sticky, repulsive, frightening. Â We do not want to be stuck with a sacrificial God who bleeds. Â We want a spiritual faith about spiritual things, things bloodless and abstract. Â We want sacrificial spirits, not sacrificed bodies. Â But you have bloodied us with your people Israel and your Son, Jesus. Â We fear that by being Jesus’ people we too might have to bleed. Â If such is our destiny, we pray that your will, not ours, be done. Â AMEN. Â — Stanley Hauerwas.
For the last time in this series.
Peace, Jim
