Saturday, May 15, 2021

Dear God,

Will we continue to fight until the last person alive falls?  Will we destroy ourselves, our nation and our world over disagreements of every kind?  Are we willing to give up precious lives just to declare we are right about something?

You have made us out of your own sacred substance!  You called us to breathe in your air and rise up.  You told us to love one another.  You did not tell us to hate.  You did not tell us to fight to the end.  You did not tell us to destroy.  And yet we do.  Will we never learn?

I hate all the fighting!  I hate it!  I have traveled to the Middle East four times.  I have been to holy sites.  I have walked through a refugee camp.  I have listened to their stories...the Christian story, the Muslim story, the Jewish story.  Yet, when I asked questions about the future of their children, each one said the same thing.  They all want peace for their children.  Yet, there is still bitter fighting and innocent children are being killed.  Dear God, will we always walk away from loving our neighbor?

Remind us

of why

we are here,

Living God.

Teach us

the way

of love

once again.

Forgive our

evil actions,

our lack

of regard

for our neighbor.

Show us

the way home

to you

where we

can sit

at your feet

to learn

from you

how to love

and make peace

for all people,

all, not

just some,

all.

Love, Andrea