On the day after Ash Wednesday, The People of the Cross repent of wanting to be greatly known for anything other than for loving greatly.
On the day after Ash Wednesday, the People of the Cross repent of a love and life that does anything less than “Love your enemies. Pray for those who persecute you.”
The People of the Cross repent of not daily, relentlessly, extravagantly loving our neighbour next door though we keep saying we want to change the world, and we repent of hating, avoiding, and dreading suffering though we say we want to be found worthy to suffer for the cross of Christ.
Forgive us for our lack of prayer, because the very root of our lack of growth is almost always a lack of prayer.
Forgive us for more interest in the paparazzi, motion pictures & famous personalities and People Magazine than in praying for The Persecuted Church.
Forgive us for our lavish church building plans, instead of our plans to love lavishly as a church, forgive us for not serving the outcast but serving the outcast notice to go further away…
We repent of loving You, Lord, so little because we have loved ourselves too much.
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