Monday, February 25, 2019

Dearest God,

Why must we be so judgmental?  Why do we forget we are all made in your image, not just some of us, not just those with white skin, blonde hair and blue eyes?  Or those who have gone to college, succeeded by the world's standards and are citizens of our country?  Why do we look down on so many people who we decide is not "really like us?"

Why do you put up with us?  Why do you still offer grace when we are mean spirited, unloving, callous, exclusive and ugly?  Why do you not destroy all of us for behaving the way we behave?  When will we ever learn we all wear the same flesh, breathe the air you have provided and are called the beloved?  When?

We are
a sinful people,
O God,
a very
sinful people.
We forget
who we are
and surely
we forget
who others are.
We want
to believe
we only
are the beloved
but not
the rest
because of
their skin color,
identity, economic status,
political view,
country citizenship
and more.
We fail
to offer
the same grace
you offer us.
We are
a sinful people,
O God,
a sinful people.
Teach us
the better way.

Love, Andrea