Psalm 95

Commitment.
You are the example.
Your life was yours.
You did not have to give it.
You could have called the angels to your rescue.

You did not.
You loved us completely.
You gave your back to the scourge.
You gave your hands to the nails.
You gave your life to darkness.

You are the Savior I look to.
You are the one who teaches me.
Me, a sinner, in need of an exemplar.
I the one who gazes on you.
I who chooses your truth.

I give my life for my enemy.
I give up my comfort.
I give up my rights.
I love others completely.
I do not seek my own.

I do not demand rescue from hardship.
I do not hold tightly myself.
My life is mine.
I choose to be an example of
Commitment.

Psalm 62

When we live an independent life,
it is easy to be self-focused.
Lord, we forget that we are one
in a world of many.
Lord, break down our selfish hearts,
turn out our selfish thoughts.
Bring our emotions and our minds
into alignment with yours.
Make us love what you love.
Make us as Christ.
Give us eyes to see outside ourselves
and feet to walk out this truth,
ears to hear the words of others
and hands to answer their needs.
Lord, change our hearts.
Let us look at others
as well as we look at ourselves.