(A Prayer of Confession) Prayer for a Nation of Division and Mixed Priorities Good and gracious God, Somehow, in the U.S, we’ve arrived at a place, where we focus on our differences rather than our similarities – which is curious since we have more in common than we have differences. We’ve arrived at a place, where we make feeding the homeless illegal and owning a gun a basic human need - which is curious considering both put people’s lives at risk. In the U.S., somehow, we’ve arrived at a place, where the color of your skin seems to dictate how some people see the content of you character – which is curious when you consider our long history of racism and discrimination and how little we have apparently learned from it. We’ve arrived at a place, where basic human dignity, the value of all life, the love of neighbor , have given way to the priorities of the almighty dollar, the rights of Big Business, and the pursuit of power – which is curious when you consider that the very money we now worship has printed across it, “IN GOD WE TRUST.” May we learn that if we truly do trust in you, we must begin to reverse the priorities of this nation. May we learn that if we truly do trust in you, love of neighbor (and even of “enemy”) will always trump any differences we see. May we learn that if we truly do trust in you, we will have a bias toward life and life-giving actions. May we learn that if we truly do trust in you, the last place we would want to see your name would be emboldened across the gold calf that our dollars have become. Encourage us to be a people whose priories are founded in love – not love of self or love of family or love of friends – but love of all. Do not let us forget: all means ALL. Guide us in this difficult task as we endeavor to extend you grace and mercy to ALL. And encourage us along the way through the love and forgiveness others extend to us. Amen. * Special thanks to Pastor Mark Sadlin for posting this
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 09:11:23 +0000
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