Source: Spill The Beans Issue 24
God, you made us, and you love us.
Why did you ask Abraham to kill his son?
Why did Abraham not argue with you?
Why did Isaac not resist?
What are you teaching us in this story?
Lord, the world is a complicated place,
there is so much to discover,
so much to learn about,
we worry sometimes that our minds won’t hold it all.
Lord, we are glad to have stories in the bible,
big stories and little stories
to help us know you and understand
more about the universe.
We are sorry that we do not always pay attention,
that we ignore the difficult stories sometimes,
that we prefer to stay with the easy ones,
like loving our neighbour;
though sometimes that one can seem impossible too!
Lord God,
help us to explore the hard stories,
the ones that sometimes make little sense to us,
help us to see you in them and
to learn from them.
Amen.