Freezing God out of our lives?

The bleak, cold days of water can send a chill through us in more ways than one. But do they at times also find a parallel in the level of our Christian commitment? The following short prayer, taken from The Little Book of Bird Prayers and subsequently reprinted in The Animal Lover’s Daily Prayer Book, seeks forgiveness for the way, consciously or unconsciously, we freeze God out of our lives.

Freezing God out of our lives - 10 January

Forgive me, Lord,
for I freeze you out of my life,
faith growing cold within me.
Break the ice that comes between us,
and thaw my frosty heart.
Amen.