Lord God
Heavenly Father
Everlasting Glory shines from your throne
Shines as the light which illuminates our world, our lives
shines as the light incarnate, Jesus Christ, our Lord
bringing life and love in all its fullness and wonder to us, to our neighbours, to the life of the whole universe
There is nothing, nothing in all the earth which can separate us from your light giving glory, Lord God
for it is reflected in and through us
Shine once more into our hearts, minds and lives
shine into our worship together
that in our praise and prayers
in our mediation on your world
we may be enveloped with your light
and your light will shine from us,
that all may see your glory
mirrored in our actions, our words
Christ our King
we wish to follow you
to be the light for the world you call us to be
but time and time again we fall short of the standard of living you set for us
we get caught up in our own problems and worries that we forget to offer them to you in prayer
we get caught up in seeing others as different to us, we forget they too are bearers of God’s image
we get caught up in the negativity of the news, local, national and international, we forget to count the many, many ways in which we are blessed
Jesus, our Lord
we are truly sorry for these and the many other ways we have failed to follow you
in humility and love, we turn to you,
knowing we are forgiven and set free to be your disciples in this place
Amen