God
We are calling down
Your protection
Because
I see the face
of terrified
College students
of Brown People with
Tattoos
Echoing
Those of
Separated
Families
at the border
I am still haunted
by a picture of
their jewelry
and crosses
piled like
Jewish
loot
during
the Holocaust
And the Fragile
Gaza
peace
has been broken
and so I pray
Protection
For the families
And for the Soldiers
in Yemen
And around the world
As OPSEC is said
but not Enacted
Though truly
My heart
Longs for Peace
I pray for a language
beyond bombs
and threats
and bullying
and even tariffs
Staunch Pacifist that I am
As the budget for food
and Veterans are cuts
but the Military remains
bloats
Military Industrial Complex
Indeed Lord, I cry
And God,
I cry out for all of those
with Cancer
longing for Treatment
whose funding was cut
The researchers
who have been sustained
I know that God
You work to sustain
All those with infirmities
I pray that you will work
To heal all infirmities
Open the ears and hearts
of those who need to
understand
Melt those with
hearts and brains of stone
Melt them
Reverse their Decisions
Transform things so Completely
That we do not even Recognize things
For God you know
When we pray for Health
We are praying for a healthy
World–
Not for just ourselves
But for me, my neighbor, my enemy
to all be transformed into
(almost unrecognizable) signs of mercy
Signs of the Kin(g)dom
And so I pray
For a Forgiveness of Debts
That I cannot comprehend
For Food for all people
In a Dailyness of Bread
For the coming of your Glory
Which of course will be in Mercy
And for
Your Kin(g)dom Come
Your Will Be done
Amen,
Amen.
Feel free to use/adapt/share with credit to Pastor Katy Stenta aka “KatyandtheWord”
Psalm 41:1-3
1 Happy are those who consider the poor;* (marginal/oppressed)
the Lord delivers them in the day of trouble.
2 The Lord protects(guards them/covenants with them) them and keeps them alive;(like a. shepherd guards a sheep, like a sacred duty, like a hedge of protection)
they are called happy in the land. (It will be a gifting, a granting)
You do not give them up to the will of their enemies.
3 The Lord sustains them on their sickbed; (a sustain, supporting, comforting, stability and continuity))
in their illness you heal all their infirmities.* (Healed and transformed, reversed, turn over a new leaf) The grace and mercy of God will be through compassion.
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