Saturday, December 15, 2012

Give Us Your Peace

Dear God - 

In places like Somalia and Sudan – Connecticut and Korea 
Bullets fly - Children die - Parents cry 
Give us your peace 

Broken hearts 
Lives too short 
Fear of life and fear of death 
Give us your peace


Tears fall down our cheeks like rain from the sky 
Knots in our stomach and sleepless nights 
Worries about tomorrow compete for space in our mind with regrets from the past 
Give us your peace 

Restlessness, impatience, annoyances, intolerance, frustration, and anger 
They fill our lives like melted snow floods a fragile river 
Give us your peace 

Prince of Peace – Take our burdens and give us rest. 
Wonderful Counselor – Show us the way to peace. 

Through the deepest valleys 
In the darkest places 
During the times we are completely alone 
Show us the way to peace 

Peace with You 
Peace with others 
Peace with the world 
And peace with ourselves 
Give us your peace 

Dysfunction, dismay, and despair – They exist in the world. 
But you have overcome the world 
Help us to be overcomers who embrace your peace 

We give you our fears 
We offer you our failures 
Our hearts are no longer troubled because of your peace 

You are God and your peace surpasses all understanding 
Guard our hearts and our minds 
Teach us your presence is greater than our struggles. 
Give us your peace. 

Amen.

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