Lord, there has been a lot of praying without words in
America this week. We reach for words, for the right things to say, for what we
should do, yet we fail. Dismay grips our hearts as we see ugliness rising to
the surface again—sin bubbling up from its hiding place, where it has lurked and
festered and destroyed. We see beloved black men senselessly and shockingly killed in wide open places. We see vengeance lash out from a hiding place as police
officers are shot down one by one. We recognize that what motivates these
actions is nothing less than evil in our hearts, a wickedness that has been there
since the garden. Lord, consecrate our hearts, revealing the hidden places,
showing us where we harbor evil, resentment, blindness. Lord, consecrate our
hands, that we may reach out to our neighbors in love and forgiveness, even
when it is hard to do--even when we feel righteous in our stance. Lord,
consecrate our feet, that we may do the right thing, acting in courage and
hope, even when others don’t understand why we take our stand. Lord, today we
pray against racism and call it what it is: sin, evil and a disgrace. We humbly and fervently cry out to you, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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