Friday, June 24, 2022

Dear God,

How can we sing a new song when we are so fixed on the old one?  We know the old one so well.  We know it by heart.  Yet, the psalmist invites us to sing a new song.

My old song has lyrics of injustice, loss and wrongdoing.  It contains my complaints, worries and fears.  But you already know that.  I could sing it once and you would know it.  But you urge me to sing a new song of faith, trust and gratitude.  Why, because it will give me renewed hope and purpose.  It will even bring joy to my soul.

A new song is what I need.  In fact, our country and world need a new song, one we can sing together.  We should have sung one as one body during the Covid epidemic.  We could have come through it with strength, compassion, love, peace and hope.  But we didn't.  There were those who made it political.  That alone changed the way we sang.  But that was yesterday; this is today, a new chance for a new song.

Teach us

your way,

O Lord.

Soften our hearts

and rebuild trust

in our souls.

We need you

so much.

Love, Andrea