In our steady yet stumbling transition from Easter as we acknowledge and open our eyes to the dynamic reality of the power of the resurrection made available to our lives in the here and now, I found myself reflecting and being challenged again by the Romero prayer. I was first introduced to the prayer by Revd Richard Andrews when I arrived in my previous circuit in the Darlington District. I offer for our reflection a slightly summarised and edited version as we seek to live in the power of the resurrection as a church and as individuals.    

The Romero Prayer

This is what we are about.

We plant the seeds that one day will grow. 

We water the seeds already planted, knowing that they hold future promise. 

We lay foundations that will need further development. 

We provide yeast that produces effects far beyond our capabilities.

We cannot do everything and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. 

This enables us to do something and to do it well.  It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord’s grace to enter and do the rest. 

We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker…We are prophets of a future not our own.

May God bless and warm you in this season of summer

Brian