Good Morning, God,
Lord, one of the virtues that you teach us is "honesty." Trust flows out of "being honest."
Lord, you know how many of our headlines deal with questions of honesty. Almost with every report, we have to or should ask ourselves, "Is this report a true reflection of what are the true facts?
Take for example, God, requests for monetary help when disasters happen. Often a listing of places we can contribute is given. Many of the places are not-for-profits; many are church organizations; some are newly-formed accounts set up for that particular disaster. Who do we trust, Lord?
We know your word tells us to "be wise as serpents but as gentle as doves," so how can we be both? Well, Lord, we ought to be able to trust our churches to be faithful with any and all donations received. Then we want to be able to trust other organizations. We want to carefully consider how much of the donation is going to "administrative costs" and how much is being kept in the coffers and how much is actually going to help a particular need.
Finally, Lord, in your wisdom and our hearts, we want to choose very wisely. Help us be generous; help others be honest.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
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