Good Morning, God,
Lord God, protect us from ourselves! Give us more patience, more wisdom, more care in these very trying times.
Comfort the distraught. Bring intelligence, understanding and compromise to our leaders. Protect the least of us, the lost among us and the lonely who are without us.
Gracious God, the headlines speak yesterday and today of the wild incident involving a woman driving a car around the capital area in Washington, D. C. The police responded immediately; debate in Congress was halted; Capitol Hill was locked down, and as one reaped representative stated, "The timing on this was really kind of scary. Capitol Hill police are at a lower personnel level because of the shutdown."
Lord, we should not have to use a "scary situation" to get the job done! But, the whole situation is scary: layoffs, closed government and non-government offices, angry people, and a populace that is weary of the stalemate.
Help us, loving God!
In Jesus's name, Amen.
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