Become what you receive

That's where we left the Lord's Prayer series that ended last Sunday:  Become what you receive.  If we receive forgiveness, we are to be those who forgive.  If we receive daily bread, we need to share bread with hungry people.  I'm all for habit--for praying something like the Lord's Prayer over and over and over again.  There's a lot to be said for that being a spiritual discipline.  

But to really embrace this prayer, we have to live it.  We have to strive to be the prayer we are praying.  Challenging as that may be, it's the only thing that keeps a prayer like the Lord's Prayer alive in us and in our community.

Thanks for all the great comments and participation through the five weeks.