HEY GOD...CAN WE TALK ?
I look around when I'm in a department store or while
I'm buying groceries, sometimes even when I'm stuck in traffic. What do
I see ? A mixture of people, diverse personalities, all with individual
cares and concerns, hopes and desires, experiences and emotions. And I
marvel that mankind has made it this far. I don't mean to be negative,
but there's a lot going on in this world.
God, I wish we could all get along. I wish we could
just mind our own business and stay out of other people's stuff. There's
so much to accomplish, but we are not making much progress.
Lord, help us to know why that is.
Every few minutes, a woman is diagnosed with breast
cancer. Maybe that woman is a single mother responsible for three
children. What will happen to her ? Why haven't we found a cure for this
monster ?
Lord, help us to find a cure.
Heart disease takes the life out of men and women in
more numbers each day. You have given us brilliant minds to work toward
ending the suffering and helping each other through the pain.
Lord, guide us in finding ways to care for each other.
Instead of putting all of our ideas together for the
common good, we make war on each other, we exact vengeance for perceived
wrongs. We expect to receive forgiveness from You, even when we are
unable to give it to those who do us ill. God, we both know this is
twisted thinking.
Help us, please ... all of us in the world - to stop
hating each other long enough to realize that we are our own worst
enemy. Help us to remember the kind words of those sent to us through
the ages to guide us: those good people who tried so hard to show us how
to love.
We know that life is your gift to us and how we live
life is our gift to you. Empower us with tools for successful living:
creativity, wisdom, kindness, strength, peace, joy, love and faith that
things will be okay.
Help us to remember to be mindful of the needs of
others and remind us that only through loving interaction with each
other can there ever be a better, more lovable world.
Thank you for listening. Amen.
Picture: Carl Heinrich Bloch - Consolator
