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Lord, today we pray about The Valongo wharf in Rio
de Janeiro, which was just declared a world heritage site by the
UN cultural organization, Unesco. Heavenly Father, this site where 40%
of slaves transported to the Americas arrived in the 17-1800s marks a blight on
human history. Yet this is one reason to remember what happened here: to be
shocked and dismayed, and to resolve to never let this happen again. We pray
for those who will maintain and educate through this site, that they will be
effective in moving people toward light and love as they witness a place of
such darkness and hatred. We pray for those who visit to consider modern-day
slavery and what they might do to stop it. Lord, give us all eyes to see those
around us as your precious children. May we treat each person with dignity, so
that we may avoid the slippery slope of dehumanizing fellow human beings,
whether through slander, cruelty or extremes like slavery. In Jesus’ name we
pray, amen.
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