O GOD, who makes all things new, new stars, new dust, new life; take my heart, every hardened edge and measured beat, and create something new in me. I need your newness, God, the rough parts of me me made smooth; the stagnant, stirred, the stuck, freed; the unkind, forgiven. And then, by the power of your Spirit, I need to be turned toward Love again. Amen.

- Pamela Hawkins
The Awkward Season: Prayers for Lent

From p. 30 of The Awkward Season: Prayers for Lent. Copyright (C) 2009 by Pamela Hawkins.
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