I am tired of starving children in wars That we can help in cutting aid in efficiencies that cost humanity
I am angry at blatant misuse abuses of power lies and misleadings with little follow up or repercussions finger wagging and learning from these politicians for what
I am bitter from throwing people under the bus the Trans the Disabled the Women the Poor
I am working to do what I can when I can To remember that it all counts
Probably not int he ways I want Or can see
Dang it
If God could move Things in percievable concrete and faster ways we would Appreciate it quick
And quicker If you please Our minds and hearts and souls are fainting for it
So we wait Impatiently
Together
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Screw this Screw this Reality Screw this Bill Screw Money Screw Whiteness Screw Racism
Screw Millionaires Special Interests Backroom Bills And the ones we can see too
Screw working together with Those who hate the weak While the hungry cry out the people are being kidnapped Your grandparents don’t know how they are going to get medical care Disabilities, Queerness, and our Black and Brown siblings are hated with the full force of the law
Screw that
Screw our children being afraid of Everything Screw the hard questions about the world they are coming into Screw the rolling back of Environmental justice
Screw redefining words so that everything becomes “too political”
Screw Praying when we should be Arguing Walking Fighting Voting And Protecting Each Other
And Screw this Economy that doesn’t Give us time to breathe Much less Care
Screw Everything And Screw Up my face With the tears That run down It As I don’t Have the right Words Or Actions Or Things to Do And all I have Is the Gut reaction Of Screw Everything And I empty Myself Full on Confessional to God
Saying Screw it
And I figure God knows And is probably saying the same thing With me
Screw Injustice And Hopelessness And “Good Enough” This isn’t gonna Cut it Anymore
Screw it Until we Screw Together Something else I don’t even know What But somehow Screw it Is a prayer
Holy Spirit Come Help us to say Screw it To all we need to let go of Then help us to Unscrew all the Loose Screws
(And then Maybe Find us the tools we need To start the work again)
But right now Screw it
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Here’s a Prayer for all those who collapse at the end
Who are just holding it together Somehow Til the end of the Day
And then lose it When they get in the door Or are asked to do a thing Or have to leave their comfort zone/thing/activity
Here are for those for whom the “Simple” tasks are not easy Socializing Being Organized Paying Attention Meeting People’s Eyes Going Outside Sensory Overload New Things Exposure All the Things the one has to Weather
Here is a prayer for those whose bodies react with twitches, or sleep disturbance, or accidents migraines or other body aches
This is a prayer for those who have to acclimate to this STRANGE thing everyone else calls the norm
I want to tell you, God thinks you are beautiful and perfect, exactly as you are and I hope you are safe and beloved–and you have spots of sanctuary moments of hope and experiences of full self
Here’s a prayer for those who experience after school restraint collapse Like ripe apples or rainbows of leaves in the fall or tacos that are too full of good things to eat or cake that is overfull of icing and sprinkles–
We all fall apart sometimes, Jesus wept, and ran away and napped on a boat and cursed a fig tree. And went alone to a garden to pray– but asked his disciples to body double him while he was there.
Here’s a prayer for all of us who collapse, because we are overloaded May we, like Jesus, rage or weep or pray or rest.
Whenever we need to, and find what we need along the way God. We pray this in the name of your Counselor and Comforter the Holy Spirit– Amen.
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Call to Confession: God we are so glad Jesus is ready to hear our full selves. Come let us sit with Jesus and confess.
Confession: Jesus we confess that it is sometimes hard to believe that you will glorify all things. Sometimes the questions Thomas has about the holes in Jesus’s body, the questions about disabilities or differences or even the vast varieties that we see around us are just too much for our human brains to process. We confess that we are a lot like Thomas–we are often just not brave enough to voice our doubts and misgivings out loud. Forgive us, and remind us that you glorify all things, and somehow do not take away one iota of who we truly are. Remind us with the Holy Spirit we pray. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon: If Christ is for us, who can be against us? Know and feel and taste the truth on your tongue: In Jesus Christ we are forgiven.
Prayer of the Day/Dedication: Walk with us Christ, remind us when we falter or feel alone that you are with us we pray. Amen.
Children: Talk about what you think Thomas’s reaction was when he saw Jesus, it is not actually described. Did they hug? Did he actually put his hand through the holes? Did they cry?
Hymns: We Walk By Faith and Not By Sight, Invisible Immortal God Only Wise, Lift High the Cross, Christ is Made the Sure Foundation, God of Grace and God of Glory, Lord Whose Love through Humble Service
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