Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Dear God,

Why must we insist on dominance and kill anyone who does not believe and practice the way we do?  Throughout history groups of people have gathered to plot an ideology and then systematically murdered other groups because they did not bend to their god which oftentimes was less a god and more a grab for control.  What happens inside us when we hunger for prominence?

Have we forgotten we were made to be in relationship with God and one another?  Have we neglected the part where we are the lesser of the two?  Have we tossed aside our necessary regard for our neighbor?  Why must we demonize those around us so we can hurt, maim, and destroy them?

Such destructive ways will never make for anything beautiful, harmonious, and peaceful.  Instead a society made up of destructors will create a hideous, fearful, greedy world that in the end will destroy itself.

We are one human family made to need and care for each other.  We cannot do everything.  We are not capable.  We need the skills, talents, and resources of all humans.  We share a planet. 

Can we give love a chance, love that shares itself with others?  Can we help one another, lift one another up, offering hope as an inspiration?  Can we teach one another a better way?  Are we willing?

Remake us
in the image
of love,
O God.
Turn our hatred
and bitterness
into fodder
for lovemaking.
Renew us
with a purpose
that regards
all people
as family
and if
our family
has failed miserably
then refashion us
once again
with love
at its center.
My, how
we need you.

Love, Andrea