Prayer for Humanity

Humanity cries are louder now Lord,

Paris, Beirut and now Kenya.

No words can express how we feel.

Anger, frustration.

Young women studying

In a university,

a so called safe place ,

now becomes a place of fear

More than ever Lord we need to feel you close to us ,

As you are close to the dying and grieving

Stay close to us,

We who are bewildered.

We ask only one thing Lord

Soften people’s hearts….

Soften the hearts of the terrorists, and the perpetrators,

Soften the hearts of the mediators and peacemakers,

Soften the hearts of the victims,

Soften the hearts of the people who question-.

‘Why?’

These acts of atrocities are our doing, not yours

Bring your Spirit ever closer to humanity

For we surely need it now.

Enable us through your grace

Not to be wall builders

But wall breakers.

To break down

the walls of oppression, fear and violence

Piece by piece,

and may we take each stone and place it down gently.

May all your people

Regardless if faith, colour, creed, age, ability or sexuality.

be a prophetic voice of wisdom and reason

and bless us Lord

as we undertake not our will  …but your will,

Amen

RD