Change me, O God!

"He tapped Peter on the side and awakened him, saying, 'Get up quickly,' The chains fell from his wrists."

Acts 12:7

 

This was our first reading yesterday and we listened to a very good homily about change and not giving up on ourselves.  Yesterday was the feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Peter always being noted first!)  Both Peter and Paul were ordinary men.  Both of them had their good points and bad points, but both allowed God to change them, and that is why they are the pillars of the faith.  Peter was impulsive and hasty and he fled when the going got tough...he denied Jesus three times.  But, he didn't despair in his own failings.  He could easily have gone the road of Judas and given up, but he did not.  He allowed God to change him and mold him into The Rock, someone who could work for God.  Paul was a persecutor of the early church, but he didn't despair in his deplorable early actions either.  He allowed God to change him and admitted his errors, heading off in the opposite direction--to make more followers of Christ instead of persecuting them.  Both Peter and Paul allowed God to change them.  Can we spend some time praying that we, too, can be as pliable? Can we allow God to change us so we can work more efficiently for God? I hereby give you free reign to change me, O God!  I know I can serve you so much better if I get myself out of the way!  Love, heidi