June 28, 2011

Give me relief, O God!

I am thirsty for your life giving water.

I am hungry for bread that truly satisfies.

I am desperate for your deep healing in my life.

I have seen deep valleys and dark desert.

I have walked through storms,

And I have felt unable to escape them.

Pull me out, O God.

Haul me back onto the shore so I can regain my footing.

Lead me into safety and restore me

To face the storms again.

Amen.

June 27, 2011

Speak a fresh word to me.

Give me ears to hear your voice.

Show me new signs and wonderful things.

Give me eyes to see them.

Reach deep into me and renew me from within.

Give me the ability to feel your touch.

Command my senses, so that they may be attuned to you,

That I may live to your glory.

Amen.

June 26, 2011

When will it come together, O God?

When can we finally know what it is this world is meant to be?

When can we find a time when humans do not wish to harm other humans,

When all respect life

And the divinity within life?

When will we remember how to respect the divine nature

That created life?

For, O God, we know that you do not wish suffering on us,

But you work all things together for good.

Let us participate in your goodness

Here and now.

Amen.

June 25, 2011

Who can stand before you,

Great and mighty God?

Who can say to you,

“See, I am blameless.”

Who can accuse you of being unfair

To humans who are good but sinful.

Lord, teach us to live in your light,

Trusting in your goodness

And clinging to your mercy.

Amen.

June 24, 2011

In all our rush to success,

In all our fighting for what we feel are finite resources,

Help us to remember that you are God.

All we need can be found in you.

Wealth is not scarce.

There is great abundance.

Help us to learn to share so that all may have some,

None may have nothing,

And none may be ruled by their possessions.

Amen.

June 23, 2011

God in heaven,

Creator of all things,

Lover of all people,

Help us to stand on your gifts to this world of

Grace,

Love,

Justice.

Not hard justice that hurts others,

But justice that causes us to remember how to treat others as you would have us do.

Help us to flood the streets with love and grace and good justice

Until it overflows all the dams and levees,

And all humanity is awash in goodness,

Flowing straight from you.

Amen.

June 22, 2011

In all our grief, Lord,

In all the pain,

In the midst of a world that seems to be out of control,

In our lives that seem to move from injury to injury,

O God, heal us.

Heal us from the pains that have been forced upon us by others,

Heal us from the pains that we have caused ourselves to suffer,

And heal us from the pain that causes us to hurt others.

Give us the ability to see all humanity as your children,

And all of us as each other’s sisters and brothers,

And very truly,

Each other’s keepers.

Amen.