Lord, soften our hearts in this moment. Remove the callousness of busy lives of worry that numb us to your Spirit's touch. Lord, give us the sensitivity through your Spirit to imagine and portray the truth of our death to ourselves. May we reconfigure our lives to embody your interpretation of who we are. Lord, give us strength as individuals and as your body to be living images of the truth of God's Kingdom. May we acquire and enact a second nature, a new self, which rather than drawing attention to us, draws attention to you. May those who view our lives see the Character of Christ. May the shadows of our lives be lost in the light of the Son as we work together to establish your Kingdom on Earth. -Michael Wilson (5-24-09)