Pause for Prayer: TUESDAY 8/17

 

The daily news reminds me, Lord:

how privileged and protected my life is:

 

I'll always have a street address,

    a place to live and call my home...

 

I never suffer hunger.    

    My problem?  Too much food...

 

My geography delivers me 

    from tornadoes, floods and wild fires,

    tsunamis, droughts and earthquakes...

 

I never give a second thought (or even a first)

    to the color of my skin...

 

No insurgents hold sway, have evil designs

    on my liberty and freedom...

 

If I get sick, I'll be well cared for

    and all the bills will be paid...

 

I'm a white, male, educated American,

ordained to a privileged role:

the  daily news reminds me, Lord,

how privileged and protected my life is

and how easily I take for granted

all my blessings and my gifts...

 

I need a bigger heart, Lord,

a larger, wider, deeper heart,

a heart for all your people,

a heart that knows their pain...

 

I need a heart to see beyond

the comforts of my daily life:

the undeserved perks 

of simply being who I am...

 

Give me a heart for your people, Lord:

for all who suffer

the undeserved pain 

of simply being who they are...

Give me a heart for your people, Lord:

big enough to open wide,

wide enough to welcome all,

deep enough to give and give

from all I have to any0ne

whose needs exceed my own... 

 

The daily news reminds me, Lord:

how privileged and protected my life is.

Give me a heart for your people, Lord,

a heart like yours that gives of itself

that others might have life...

Amen.

 

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