A Prayer for the Headlines for Friday, August 24th

Good morning, God

Lord, another good person has been caught with his foot in his mouth and is having to chew shoe leather.  A political candidate for the U.S. Senate out of Missouri misspoke about the very sensitive topic of abortion and rape.  His comments seemed to come from a very ignorant person, rather than one who was educated on the matter.  Now, his political allies and political enemies have distanced themselves from him.

Lord, we all know that the issue of abortion is a hot-button issue.  It is an issue that gets into a woman’s right to control her own body.  It gets into the issue of when life begins.  It gets into whether or not one is destroying a life by the abortion process.  It gets into the question of when pregnancy is caused by rape, or whose life is more valuable – a mother’s or a fetus’ – when there are medical complications.

Gracious God, please give us wisdom when we speak our opinions about sensitive issues – and give us wisdom around the issue of when, if ever, it is okay to end a pregnancy with an abortion.

In Jesus’ name, Amen