Sacred People, Friday, December 12

This year’s Advent devotional uses a new format. In place of longer written pieces, each day offers a scripture, an image, and a short meditation. It’s simple, flexible, and easy to enter at any point in the season.

God of Love,

By your grace we seek to be wise and courageous, to speak the truth boldly, to stand for the good.  May we do so in your Spirit, gently and humbly present for others.  By your grace may we desire to be loving instead of being right, to listen instead of talking, to support instead of dominating, to build others up instead of surpassing them, to let others be heard instead of saying our piece, to remember that they are as beloved as we, to offer what they need instead of getting what we want.  God of resurrection, may we love others with the same self-giving compassion with which you love us and love all the world.   Amen.

Love Builds Up  by Steve Garnaas-Holmes

How do I see the sacred in other people this day, even people I find difficult to love?