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Prayer for Peace
What the Hummingbird Told Me
What the Hummingbird Told Me Just as a hummingbird can balance between the dying breezeand the uplifting beats of its wings,so too can You steady me amongstthe bleak feelings rising like dark bread inside me,and the bright thoughts of sunrisespilling over the lip of a new day.
Gazing Outward
Gazing Outward Whether we are reachingfor the last sale itemor helping someone in need,it is far too easyto get wrapped up in ourselves.We fail to see the other person,complete with their own needs,their own wants,their own fears.Please help me to turn my gazeto You so that I can look outward and upwardtoward something bigger than...
After the Wreckage
After the Wreckage I am far away todayremoved from devastationdistanced from despair.Across the world they sufferand I stare at this computerthinking of hopelessness. My needs are their wants.My wants make me blushwith shame. May the humility that life bringsshow me again,...
The Communion of Community
The Communion of Community We work, live and play side by side,yet we don’t see each other.We live in the same houses,the same towns, but we pass by as strangers.Lift us out of the funk of ourselvesinto the ability to share, to dine,to build a life of love and laughter.
Devastation
Devastation So many faces from other nationscoming to offer their help.Mothers, sisters, aunts, fathers, brothers, uncles,cousins, nieces, nephews,children are all gone.Little things are reasons to be grateful:comfort, a smile, hugs, tears.The devastation makes us hurt,it is not for us to question why.We know You have made a way
Soul of Philanthropy
Soul of Philanthropy You have placed within me, my soul.It gives form to my thoughts creatingmy innermost feelingsand driving my actions.I am possessed with goodness and remarkable power.Committed to: doing deeds...
One World
One World Enable us to actually meet each other before we think we know someone.Remind us that nobody fits neatly into a box on a census form.We all came from somewhereand nobody owns the Earth.We're all sub-letting here, till our time is up,so grant us camaraderie and kinship.Not tolerance....
Keeping Score
Keeping Score Thank You for simple pleasuresthat fill my heart with gratitude:the kiss of color in a masterpiece of sky,the refreshing coolnessof yogurt in the morning light,a clean, comfortable bedat the end of the day. In my blessed abundance,help me understand why
TisBest
TisBest The greatest giftsdon’t fit in a box.They slip into the heartwithout ribbons or bows,and make a home there.Beginning small,They are larger than any of us,more powerful;they move mountains,fueled by what is best in us.
Peace Plea
Peace Plea Please, protect my child.Please, protect other mothers' children.Please, give me peace.Please, give other mothers peace.Please, give the world peace.This is the peace only You can give.
Immeasurable Grace
Immeasurable Grace Stopped at a corner in my carsaw a man holding a sign.It read, I'm hungry.You say, "Feed him"Walked by a womansleeping on a cardboard box.She needed warmth.You say, "Cover her" Crossed...
Guide Our Leaders
Guide Our Leaders Thank You for the gentle reminderthat there is a higher authority.Even as kings and presidents set events into motion and change the course of history.We ask Your blessing on the ones who hold earthly power.Let them feel the impact their actions haveon families, on our elders, on...
Warm Welcome
Warm Welcome You can't know someoneby sizing them up at first glance.It takes effort to really connectwith another human being.So many things separate us,like color, age, and language.But all it takes is heart to come together.Help us to live what we say we believe,and keep the door open to...
A Civil Tongue
A Civil Tongue My earliest memory from school is this:"It's a free country."Later on, I recall:"Everyone's entitled to their own opinion."What I didn't know then was the underlying truth –We're mostly soul, wrapped in flesh and blood.Please send a few thingsfrom bygone days to help us connect,like common courtesy, tact and gentility.Allow u...
Perspicacity
Perspicacity Please give me visionthat can see the genuine article,hearing that senses lies,and a taste for what is substantive.Please grant me a connectionto what’s pure and right and just.Protect me from the disingenuousand those with a hidden agenda.
Pray in Many Ways
Pray in Many Ways I pray when I am fearful.I pray when I am in need.I sing praise to You.I lift up my hands, my heart, my soul. Please take me beyond myselfand help me recognize the prayers of others,from eyes raised skywardto heads humbly bowed,from whispers in quiet cornersto voices spiraling...
Peace Surge
Peace Surge Send peace,like a jolt of electric current;numbing the brain,of every evil tyrant,ruthless dictator,and dangerous fanatic. Send peace,as potent as a lightening rod;striking the heartand transforming the soulof aggressors and war mongers. Bless me with the powerto ignite the spark,and start the...
Army of Hope
Army of Hope In a world rocked by devastation,by earthquakes and tsunamis,by starvation and cruelty,I am only one person.It is so easy to claim I can do nothing,so easy to be intimidatedby the disasters before me. Please soften my heart again.Remind me of my brothers and sisters,of all...
Realizations
Realizations As society progresses,prejudice doesn't disappear.It's merely reassigned or reshaped.Injustice isn't defeated.It simply regroups and resurfaces.I know, in your eyes, we are all Your children.Help others to view each otherwith the same acceptance and love.Help politicians realize that gender shouldn't determine...
Through Your Eyes
Through Your Eyes Today, tomorrow, and always,may I be allowed to see everyoneI come in contact with,through Your eyes. When they speak out in anger,let me see the hurtthat consumes them;the anguish that shields their tears.Let me be the reassuring...
Peacemakers
Peacemakers Blessed are those whospeak the words that calm us,quiet us, and bring us back to you.Blessed are those who,with a look or a touch,still the fear that leads to hate. Oh, help me to beone of your peacemakers.Where there is strife,Help me bring calm.Where there is pain,Help me bring healing.
Broadcast
Broadcast Help me silence the relentless roarof newscasters and fanatics.So much of what we hear each dayseeks to separate us from one another.I watch the news because I want to knowwhat is going on in the world.What I see and hear is hate.Help me look into the faces around meand see the divine spark You have given
The Gift
The Gift Let me give not only of my resources,but also of my spirit.May the kernel light of goodwill within mebe made greater with the giving,radiating outward,passing from fingertip to fingertip,each kindness kindling another. May every hand learn the warmth of fellowshipto receive in need and to give in prosperity--passing the flame ever...
Sounding Board
Sounding Board Help us hear all those who are trying to reach us.Truthful but tactful, diplomatic, but direct.Provide the strength to look past small slightsand get to the story behind infractions.Help us hear what isn’t said.As we go through our own life’s travels,inspire others to lend an ear even when they’re in a hurry or in a bind....
Helping Hands
Helping Hands Here, together,each one different and unique.Let's unite...Pulling hearts togetherin order to cherish,nurture, love,and sustain those growing up.Helping others heal and hopeand encouraging them now,to fulfill future dreams,with...
The Truth About Troubles
The Truth About Troubles If you just scan the headlines of my life,you'll think I'm delusional.What in the world would make me thinkthere's any hope?Calloused hearts, empty stomachs, aimless souls.Tail-gaters, back-stabbers, nay-sayers.It seems that civilityhas become a casualty.Human is no longer
Touchstone
Touchstone Please remind me that my heart has only four chambers.Scant room for such squattersas grudges, slights, pettiness.If I carry around baggage from the past,there isn't room for blessings unbounded. Help me to disarm unilaterally,so it isn't possible to...
One Small Light
One Small Light Light is wisdom and learning.Light is warmth and shelter.Light is love and compassion.Light comes from You.Help me force back the dark.Help me spread learning and loving,home and hope.Let Your Light shine through meto brighten the world's dark corners.
Giving Back
Giving Back As You've blessed me,help me be a blessing to others.Show me what I can bringto the table so someone elsecan have a better quality of life.Help me to share what I have,even if it's just my time, so that I knowthere's a child who can sleepin a warm bed tonight,or a senior who will have a good meal,at least for today.
Politics as Usual
Politics as Usual Everyone is angry these days.Even tea parties are no longer genteel.I can't stand the shouting.so I turn to You for answers.From all I know of You,You are about love.It is time for You to step in.Please let love reanimate the body politic.Teach Your children to usetheir "indoor" voices to reason, not accuse.Tutor...
Three-Legged Stool
Three-Legged Stool I feel You whenpeople do good deeds for the needy. I see You whensociety opens a checkbook to serve others. I hear You whencitizens speak out for justice.
Women of All Faiths
Women of All Faiths We gather together, women of all faiths.We bring to you our thanks and our worries,our joy and our heartbreak. You are much greater than we can ever be.Please share with us the peace and...
Sacred Space
Sacred Space There are eight million stories in the naked city,all of them overlapping.Help us find a way to take our homes with us,to carry them inside us so that we're never lost.Create a mobile sacred space for each of usso that there's no need for us to clash or collide.Help us to play well with others. Allow us a portion of Your eminent...
Action Verbs
Action Verbs Give me more than good intentions.Put wings on my prayers.Help me get past, "I feel your pain,"to, "Let's build a well for your village."Help me be an agent of changeand keeper of peace at the same time.Instead of my saying,"What's this world coming to?"Take me farther:"What can I do to make...
