Lord, I sometimes wonder how you can bring beauty out of our brokenness, how you can redeem human souls through broken systems. I look at all the women you’ve called to ministry through the centuries, and I marvel at the way you made your voice heard, even in places where what you were speaking into our lives did not match what your Church was saying. And we heard you. We said, “Yes, Lord.”

Sustain us, Lord, with the assurance that we are, indeed, called by You, and none other. Grant us grace to continue in the way you have set before us. Take our own brokenness, and create beauty the way you always do. Lead us in the way everlasting, so we can lead others to you, because of Jesus. Amen.