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God our loving Father, as we rejoice into coming to the halfway month of the year, we are also wary that it is during this month of June when the days move slowly, exactly just how life has been moving on for many of us; there is the usual grind with daily living's many woes made worst by rising prices of goods and commodities. For some, it is indeed a new phase in our journey with you but for many, an occasion to dilly-dally in our faith, to dance with the many false gods of our time offering quick fixes to our problems. We have become like the Israelites of Elijah's time.
Elijah appealed to all the people and said, “How long will you straddle the issue? If the Lord is God, follow him; if Baal, follow him.” The people, however, did not answer him.
1 Kings 18:21
Forgive us, dear Father, for not making a stand for you, with you and in you; forgive us for dancing, for straddling as we play safe, avoiding any commitment as we wish to please ourselves than you and others; forgive us for still searching as if there is still any other true God besides you who would give in to all our whims and caprices.
Push us, inspire us in Christ Jesus to move forward in life, finding new ways of living out our faith to fulfillment amid the changing times and situations not for the sake of change but to make you present, dear Lord, in our present time when people turn away from you and religion, and from each other. Amen.
