Good Morning, God,
Lord, the conversations are still about the headlines of the weekend - the acts of violence that happened in Tucson, Arizona. All of us, from coffee drinkers at Hardy's, McDonald's, Dairy Queen, Headquarters, Denney's, to name just a few places, as well as us at our places of work and home, are talking about the actions, trying to make sense of things, trying to find outlets for our outrage, trying to manage our anger. Lord, haven't you observed many of us acting a bit out of character ourselves these past few days, because we believe that what happened is atrocious, but we feel powerless to do anything about it? so, we kibitz about it around our coffee conversations.
However, you do for sure hear our prayers. Please, Lord, restore Gabrielle Gifford and all of the other wounded to full health. Please, Lord, comfort the grieving who have lost loved ones. And, please, please, Lord, keep all of our conversations away from casting blame on politics, but turn our conversations toward compassion, concern, and love for outcomes of peace, health and safety for all alike.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
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