God, Lord. Jesus, my King. God, my Father. Holy Spirit, my helper. I need this time and this space to hear from you, to seek you, to know you. To be restored in you....
God, I've come to the realization that you've been pruning and digging in me to reshape and decolonize my theology and faith in you. After hearing Lisa Sharon Harper's theological exegesis, I know that there is hope! Praise you, Lord, that there is hope!! I've felt for so long that I had been doing things the wrong way.. I had been reading the scripture through Western individualistic lenses and seeing my errors but not knowing how to correct my vision.
God, only YOU could give me new eyes and a new heart and a fresh perspective on your Word. You, through your Holy Spirit, empower me to see! God, there is most certainly a very intimate relationship between you and I. And it is through that intimacy that you whisper in my ear the subjects that are pressed so deeply into your heart. For so long I have wondered how we could so blindly only see one way of worshipping and communing with you. I have felt the weight of hopelessness and pressure to "get it right". But God.... Your desire was never for me to get it right, and I thank you for showing me that over the years. Your desire, however, is and always has been to restore the shalom between each and every one of us.
God. YOU CARE ABOUT THE BROKENNESS BETWEEN THE RACES. YOU CARE ABOUT THE WALLS OF HOSTILITY THAT STILL EXIST IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY. God, and your desire has always been and forever will be to restore shalom within us.
God, seeking restoration of shalom takes hella courage. It requires a humility that is fervent, an understanding of my sins and the impact of them. They destroy right relationship between myself and I, myself and you, and myself and the world. When the burden of those who have been wronged is to forgive, the responsibility of the wrong-doer is to repent. And to repent requires reparation and restitution.
Lord, teach me. From the abundance of your riches and glory, from the everlasting and never-ending depths of your wisdom by just being who you are, from the depths of your holiness, Father..... Help me. This is a re-igniting of my faith, for sure. And Lord, I want to be in love with you forever. I want to wake up every morning and feel your presence, be awakened in your mercy, and be empowered to see the spiritual realm on a larger scale than how it solely impacts me.
Help me, Father. You have called me to much much higher. Thank you.
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