God, in our lives there are many voices which ask for our attention.
There are voices that says, "Prove that you are a good person." Other voices say, "You’d better be ashamed of yourself." There are also voices that say, "Nobody really cares about you," that say, "Be sure to become successful and powerful," and that say, “buying this product will make you happy and will win the approval of others.”
But underneath all these often very noisy voices is a still, small voice that says, "Rejoice, you are loved, simply because you are a part of the universe that God created and called ‘good.’”
God, that’s the voice we need most of all to hear. Sometimes we are so hurried and distracted that we forget that this voice is even speaking at all. Sometimes we resist making the effort to listen for that voice - to listen for you.
So as we pray now and going forward - gives us ears to hear the voice that calls us "loved” and to take joy in it.
Amen
