Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Dear God,

Can we ever truly learn to love one another?  Can we ever desire peace over chaos by loving one another?  Can we ever decide to love over hate?

If we just determined to enter into your love and decided to live from there, could we change our world?  Would it help dissolve all that prohibits us from loving as you love?  I desperately want to love like you but I confess I live with my own prejudices.  I can hardly tolerate those who categorize people and then mock them. I grow angry with leaders who fail to bless all people for the sake of a few favorites.  I leave the room when I hear our president's voice with his careless, fruitless, painful rhetoric.

Help us, O Lord, for we are a people who need love to touch, inspire and transform us.

Eternal God,
your love
woos us
to your side.
In the middle
of your love,
we find peace,
joy and hope.
We need you
more than ever.
Too many people
are hurting,
dear God.
All of them
are your children.
Show us
how to love
again,
I pray.

Love, Andrea