A prayer for new ears to hear God more clearly

The voice we can scarcely hear

  You are the voice we can scarcely hear

  because you speak to us about dying and suffering,

  and we are impacted by so many voices

  that have to do with power

  and competence

  and success.

  We do know that you are the voice that gives life,

  that you are the voice that opens futures to people who are hopeless.

  We are a part of a hopeless people,

  because the other voices eat at our hearts,

  and we are immobilized

  and we become deaf.

  So we pray for new ears.

  We pray that your voice may be more audible to us,

  that we may be able to sort out the death-giving

  from the life-giving voices among us.

  We pray in the name of Jesus,

  through whom you have spoken

  in such inscrutable ways.

  Amen.

Source: Brueggemann, Walter. 2003. Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth: Prayers of Walter Brueggemann. Edited by Edwin Searcy. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press.

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