Assume You’ll Be Needed Today
Melt Like Butter
Leave yourself out
to soften.
Assume you’ll be needed
today.
Assume you’ll need
to be soft
and ready.
Lord, prepare me.
O God
prepare us
O God be
gentle and warm
to transform
but not
to burn.
Let us melt each other.
When we are brittle let us not break
but be softened.
— Maggie Fiori, 2022
“Melt Like Butter”
Today’s Invitation
Write a few lines about what it means to you to be “soft and ready.” What can you do to prepare yourself for how you’ll be needed today?
Query of the Week
What is your process for centering in worship?
What does “centered-ness” mean to you? What does it feel like when you reach a centered state?
