Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Dear God,

As I listen to stories of very sick children with cancer, chrones disease, and other dreaded illnesses, read newspapers about parents who abuse and kill their own children, and hear news of an increase in the incidence of human trafficking, I wonder how faith can made a difference.  Can more prayer change things?  Can social activism retard the growth of evil in the world?  Can love reshape hatred?

I believe some days the answer to these questions is a resounding YES; other days, I wonder if anything can change the course of our world. 

Help us
reload our barrels
with mercy
and compassion
rather than
with bullets
and bitterness.
Teach us
your way,
O God;
show us
the way
to forge
a new path
that will
lead to peace
for all people.

Love., Andrea