Good Morning, God,
The headlines have been about "heroes" these past few days. The heroes being spoken of are the teachers who, when under fire last Friday, remained calm and did what they could to protect the children inn their charge from harm.
Some of the teachers used their own body to shield the children, even as a mother bird shelters her babies under her wings.
Some of the teachers sought and found solid shelter for their class and pushed and packed the kids in, even as God hid Elijah in the cleft of a rock.
Some of the teachers had the strength and presence of mind to make a special story time out of the trying time, or to keep the children calm by telling them "let me see your smile," even as Jesus told his disciples "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you."
Lord, thank you for any who performs an heroic act by "standing in the gap" for us;
By shepherding us to safety;
For giving us a reason to smile, even in the midst of chaos.
And, thank you, Lord, for your Son Jesus, who came and did all of these kinds acts for us.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
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