I am weak / help me to love

Romans 14:1–12



I am weak, God,
help me to love.

I see weakness in others
and despise it, for it reminds me
of weakness within.

I am weak, God,
help me to love.

I see difference in others
and reject it, for it unsettles me,
makes me feel unsure.

I am weak, God,
help me to love.

I judge others, condemn,
revile, for I cannot bear to think
that it is I who may be wrong.

I am weak, God,
help me to love.

I live for myself, and do not live
at all, for I cannot trust in life
and death in Jesus the Christ.

I am weak, God,
help me to love.

I kneel before you, God my judge,
for I have not walked your way
of love, and I am sorry.

I am weak, God,
help me to love.


pause

As you bow, as you confess,
God runs forward, arms outstretched.
You have turned, returned again:
fall into those wide-flung arms,
accept Divine embrace, for you are loved,
you are forgiven, you shall have life!

Amen.