Gracious Father, whose gift is life and whose love is eternal,
touch us and make us lovers of life, lovers of you.
We long to be transformed into a people particularly your own.
Shape our lives for service and set our feet on the path of justice.
We entrust our lives into your keeping.
Help us to believe that, in giving ourselves to you,
we receive all good things in Christ,
who is your gift to us for time and for eternity.
Amen.
Excerpted from Lenten Longings - Year B: For the Life of the World, available from RENEW International