A CLC Leader's Prayer

God Father, Jesus Brother, Spirit Sanctifier,

grant me reverence for Your presence

in those I serve.

Let me look with Your eyes, to see as You see.

Let me feel with Your heart, to love as You love.

Grant me patient listening,

to respect Your work in people,

to await Your timing,

to get out of Your way.

May I

lead gently,

challenge tenderly,

affirm deeply,

without judging,

without meddling.

Just as You are a mystery,

this person before me

is a mystery.

Let my relationship with him or her

be a mystery to be lived out,

rather than a puzzle to be worked out;

a hand to be held,

rather than a mind to be fathomed;

an adventure to be undertaken,

rather than a problem to be solved.

Let me cherish Your mysterious presence in others,

and delight in them as you do.

Before them, before You, I am on holy ground.

Amen.