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.