Confession for whom normal is over

I started my day with this today, wanting to be the incarnation of every word. Want to join me?

Gracious and Loving God, we acknowledge to you, to one another, and to ourselves
that we are not what you have called us to be.
We have stifled our gifts and wasted our time.
We have avoided opportunities to offer kindness, but have been quick to take offense.
We have pretended that we could make no contribution to peace and justice in our world and have excused ourselves from risk-taking in our own community.
Have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and help us live our lives differently.
We long for peace within and without, for harmony in our families,
for the well-being of our neighbors, and the love for our enemies.
Yet we have too often not made the hard choices that love requires.
Show us how to walk in your path of faithfulness, hope, and love.
Amen.