God of new life,
You call me to follow you.
To love your challenging and trying children and forgive when it seems impossible.
To live out compassion and care when it is hard and strive for justice and for peace in your world.
I struggle to follow you. So often I fall short.
Yet, you still invite me to follow you.
You ask me to bring love and compassion, forgiveness and justice to the world.
Not perfectly, but faithfully. Empower me to follow you.
Amen.