Thursday, December 12, 2019

Dear God,

Why does the light seem so dark for some and so bright for others?  Sometimes it is difficult to reflect upon my many blessings when so many seemingly have little or no blessings at all.  How can I live in the middle of my joy when heartache, sorrow, and loss weigh down so many?  Aren't my neighbors' woes and burdens mine too?

In this world of inequity, how can we ever hope to provide for all your people, O Lord?  How can we find joy and still carry our neighbors hurts?  How can we ever change a world in desperate need of transformation?

Open us
to your
ever-changing spirit,
O Compassionate One.
Help us
love our neighbor
with all
their imperfections,
flaws and failures
like our own.
Help us build
a better world,
I pray.

Love, Andrea