Thursday, September 16, 2021

Dear God,

If it is true we are all made in your image, how can we overcome our prejudice, dislikes and preferences and begin to acknowledge a vision of you in each person?  In our troubled nation we have become like little children although worse.  We have allowed our beliefs and practices to get in the way of goodness, compassion and kindness. Stories abound about people attacking others for small incidents, voter suppression and just plain meanness.  When will we ever acknowledge we are not kings and queens over human life?

So many are hurting, dear Father, for so many reasons.  Fear is rampant and out of fear, people rage, lash out and even destroy.  We are hell bent demanding life on our own terms which excludes, categorizes and profiles.  We forget we are family, made of the same cloth and one.  We fail you and one another.

Teach us how

to love again.

Show us

the way

to hospitality,

compassion and mercy.

Renew our minds

and hearts.

Fill us

with the stuff

of eternity.

Make us one

bringing all comfort.

Love, Andrea