On Thursday, Lord, we'll be getting together
with family and friends
to meet and greet,
to praise and thank you,
to share and remember,
to eat and drink,
to laugh and cry
and...
to chat and talk,
discuss and converse,
compare and contrast,
and maybe, just maybe,
we'll get into an argument...
We'll take different sides
and the topics will vary:
the turkey - fresh or frozen?
Cowboys or Chiefs?
white meat only - or drumsticks?
Fox or CNN?
cranberry relish - or jelly?
who's holding back "the files?"
green bean casserole: yay or nay?
what's happening to our democracy?
mincemeat, pumpkin or apple pie?
Help us tread carefully, Lord,
through the mine field of
Thanksgiving Day dinner...
Remind us to begin our meal with prayer
with time to name the gifts and blessings
you've generously given us all...
Remind us, in prayer,
that we're sisters and brothers,
all daughters and sons of you, our God...
Give us the prudence and wisdom we need
to patiently listen as others speak
- whatever they have to say...
Remind us to begin with a prayer that graces
the words we choose,
our tone of voice,
the points we make
- and how we make them,
all we share and all we receive
as we gather together,
family and friends,
sharing a table of love...
Keep us from speaking in anger, Lord,
keep us from shouting our point of view,
keep us from putting down other's ideas
and from badmouthing those who speak them...
Keep us one in peace together,
keep us one in mind and heart,
keep us one above all else,
keep us one in you, O Lord,
keep us one in you...
Protect us, Lord while we're awake
and watch over us while we sleep
that awake, we might keep watch with you
and asleep, rest in your peace...
Amen.
I'm so pleased to have found this song!
Lord, Help Us Live In Peace
by JD Martin
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Lord, help us live in peace
from our blindness set us free.
Fill us with Your healing love
help us live in unity.
Many times we disagree
o’er what’s right or wrong to do.
It’s so hard to really see
from the other’s point of view.
How we long for power and fame;
seeking every earthly thing.
We forget the One who came
as a servant – not a king.
Jesus, help us live in peace
from our blindness set us free.
Fill us with Your healing love
help us live in unity.
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