I receive so many newsletters, daily meditations and such that I don't always have time to read them. Or more likely I'm not in a peaceful enough place where I can actually read them so usually their impact is truly lost on me.
This morning from a wonderful website called ExploreFaith.org this prayer found its way to my mailbox and to my attention....just at a time I needed it the most. Perhaps you will feel the same calmness that I did after I read this. These have been, and are, nerve wracking times, at best. I hope these words will also give you peace if only for a while.
Gracious God, when the economy is in disarray, when young people are fighting in faraway wars, when we argue over issues and refuse to listen to the other side, I ask that your grace enfold us. Move us from self-interest to compassion, from the need to be right to the place of doing right. Let the love that is at the foundation of creation spread out like roots, bringing life, healing and wholeness to places cracked and broken. I ask this for the sake of your love.
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