One week, our prayer of confession started with these words, “Holy God, we come before you a broken people in a broken world.” As I was reciting the prayer it dawned on me this must be how David felt when he penned the 53rd Psalm. He is having a moment. The world around him seems dark and evil, full of ungodly people doing ungodly things. What will God do? How can things be salvaged?
The answer didn’t come right away but generations later when God sent his Son into the world as a tiny baby who would grow up to be our Savior. In the Message the Psalm ends with these words: God turns life around, turned around Jacob skips rope, turned around Israel sings laughter.
God Thank you for sending Jesus into this broken world and making us” turned around people”. Amen.
Sarabeth Stopansky is a ruling elder at Congruity Presbyterian Church.
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