Good Morning, God,
The headlines out of Indianapolis are that the police are trying to team with the city to fight crime. The idea is for the police to be more available for fighting crime and making arrests, and other groups like churches, women's shelters and community groups that are trained to work with the mentally ill, the poor and teens help to handle cases that art crimes. "We cannot arrest our way out of problems; we need true community partners," said a police spokesperson.
Indeed, Lord, you made us to live together, essentially policing each other. But rather than always looking for the negative and punishing, your idea is that we love each other and build each other up. So today, Lord, help us to see at least one person who could use a good chastisement as a person who could also probably use a gentle complement-and use us to build him or her up. Who knows? We might make a positive permanent difference in that persons life.
Use us, Lord.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
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