God with us and God still to come –
God with us in our waiting and our anticipation
God still to come in the fulfillment of your promise
God with us in our pain and our hurting
God still to come in our healing and our moving forward
God with us in our questions and our doubts
God still to come in our faith and our trust and our curiosity
God with us in our hopes and our dreams
God still to come in our future and all good things
God with us in our grieving and our longing
God still to come in the wounds that don’t seem to heal, and the loss that is never filled
God with us in our restlessness and our busyness
God still to come in the peace and shalom of your Kingdom
God with us in injustices and violence – seen and unseen
God still to come in the restoration and renewal of your Creation
God with us in our impatience and our hurry
God still to come in futures yet to be written
God with us in the ordinary moments of our lives – in our shoveling snow, our many layers and our errand-running
God still to come in our longed-for moments of extraordinary hope and joy
God with us in our breathing and our praying and our singing, be with us as we worship this day – come near in our thoughts and our words and our silence.
We pray all this with your Son – Emanuel –
Amen.
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