Sharon Felton
CBF Congregational Advocacy Officer
A Blessing for the Calling of God’s People
Creator God,
Our world feels upside down and backwards for so many:
Our communities, systems and churches.
We are failing to care for our neighbors.
Our fears and lies are overwhelming our desire and ability to care and love all of Creation.
Our hope feels lost.
Our hope feels lost until we remember: You are our hope.
Not governments, or systems or leaders.
Our fears are overwhelming until we remember:
Love casts out fear, and love is our call to action.
Our communities and systems and churches are failing, until we remember:
God, your love commands us and moves us to do justice, to care for our neighbors, to work for the well-being of all.
Our world feels upside down and backwards, until we realize:
We are supposed to upend the world as we know, it and make it a place of hope for all of Your creation.
We are to love and serve and work for justice for all, to be blessings for each person we meet and those we never have the chance to know.
We are to be Your church, that changes the systems so that they are just and work well for everyone.
God, we have much work to do, but today, we can begin the work of loving all our neighbors and doing justice, so that all will experience the hope of Christ, in this world, in this time.
Amen