Jan14
A prayer
Father of compassion and God of all comfort,
Comfort those in pain –
Comfort those who suffer injury and those who suffer loss
You who have known sorrow and grief.
When you walked this earth and saw injury, you had compassion
making the lame to walk and the blind to see.
You did not blame the victim for the affliction,
but brought salvation and life and healing.
The era of flood and plague is past;
the era of life through faith in the Son
who took the penalty once for all
is here.
Therefore I pray that you would manifest your power
healing
comforting
restoring
this ravaged little country
these unnumbered people buried
or searching
or grieving.
Show your power –
through the rare unity among people that comes in response to disaster
when in mercy and compassion we see briefly what it means to be made in your image –
Through the giving and receiving of comfort –
Through the immediate dispensing of medical care to those in need –
Through the hope that can germinate in the most unlikely places
even among ruins.
3 Comments »Bible, Current events
Amen… very beautiful.
AMEN!
Amen! Such devastation.
It hits a tiny bit close to home, too, since I read about this —> http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/01/roger_eason_an_ex-uab_student.html
We’re not super close to Birmingham, but close enough.