Good morning, God,
Ah, what a joy it is to have headlines about the impetuousness of youth turning out for the good rather than ending up in a bad situation! Those three football guys from Forest Park took off running and treated that truck as a blocking sled, pushing it right off the line - that is, they pushed that truck right back on its wheels, leading to the freeing of the trapped mother with child from the truck. Then, some more experience kicked in as one of the guys knew he had to put out the engine fire - and did.
Lord, from young football players to store employees to passers-by, you have given many gifts and skills to be sued for day-to-day routine living and for once-in-a-lifetime emergency situations. Thank you for people who will act quickly and positively when a need arises. Keep all such "Good Samaritans"safe during their actions, but may we always be safe enough in what we are dong that we don't ever need emergency responders.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
20110830
A Prayer for the Headlines for Friday, August 26th
Good morning, God,
We feel for any woman named "Irene" today, as a huge hurricane carries that same name and is making the headlines. We pray this morning for those in the Bahamas who have already been hit and those on the east coast of our land who are being hit now, only to get more of the worst later. We pray for the safety of all who are in the path of Irene, for the strength of the buildings that are in her way, and for the clean-up efforts that will need to be done.
Lord, we are grateful here that all we might face is some wind and rain, but we can handle this little bit.
However, Lord, there are the human hurricanes that we face every day which may be more damaging than the weather ones. We may feel that our lives are spinning around and around - and picking up speed. We may think we have just felt the violent wind of a friend attacking our moorings. We may believe we have "battened down our hatches," only to be blown off course again.
Heavenly Father, please control your weather hurricanes and our interpersonal hurricanes that all my be peaceful.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
We feel for any woman named "Irene" today, as a huge hurricane carries that same name and is making the headlines. We pray this morning for those in the Bahamas who have already been hit and those on the east coast of our land who are being hit now, only to get more of the worst later. We pray for the safety of all who are in the path of Irene, for the strength of the buildings that are in her way, and for the clean-up efforts that will need to be done.
Lord, we are grateful here that all we might face is some wind and rain, but we can handle this little bit.
However, Lord, there are the human hurricanes that we face every day which may be more damaging than the weather ones. We may feel that our lives are spinning around and around - and picking up speed. We may think we have just felt the violent wind of a friend attacking our moorings. We may believe we have "battened down our hatches," only to be blown off course again.
Heavenly Father, please control your weather hurricanes and our interpersonal hurricanes that all my be peaceful.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
20110829
A Prayer for the Headlines for Monday, August 29th
Good Morning, God
Some of the headlines last week, as during every week, involved men and women attacking each other, going after each other physically to do bodily harm. One man went after another with a meat cleaver. Someone else went at it with a knife. Others pointed guns at each other. Yet, others went after each other with verbal attacks and abuse.
Ya know, Lord, it would behoove all of us to really try to remember your Golden Rule: "To do unto others what we would have done to us." If we thought this, then would we want to be chopped with a cleaver? Would we want a knife at our neck or a gun pointed at us? Would we want the words with which we attack others to be said to us? Would we enjoy living belittled by the words we use when we are speaking of and to others?
Lord, this day, at the beginning of this week, may we make where we live and work a much better and more peaceful place because we are putting into practice only those things that we would like to be done to us.
In Jesus name, Amen
Some of the headlines last week, as during every week, involved men and women attacking each other, going after each other physically to do bodily harm. One man went after another with a meat cleaver. Someone else went at it with a knife. Others pointed guns at each other. Yet, others went after each other with verbal attacks and abuse.
Ya know, Lord, it would behoove all of us to really try to remember your Golden Rule: "To do unto others what we would have done to us." If we thought this, then would we want to be chopped with a cleaver? Would we want a knife at our neck or a gun pointed at us? Would we want the words with which we attack others to be said to us? Would we enjoy living belittled by the words we use when we are speaking of and to others?
Lord, this day, at the beginning of this week, may we make where we live and work a much better and more peaceful place because we are putting into practice only those things that we would like to be done to us.
In Jesus name, Amen
20110824
A Prayer for the Headlines for Wednesday, August 24th
Good Morning, God,
The headlines are about a person charged and convicted of felonies. he had decided to exercise his rights to a jury trial. The jury (of his peers) decided he was guilty. He had had to opportunity to plead to lesser charges, but he had hoped that the jury would find him not guilty on all counts. Now, his idea of running for and being elected to a political office has been quashed; one cannot run nor be elected when one has been convicted of a felony. Appeals are next, but the damage to his aspirations and future has been done.
Heavenly Father, thank you for giving us a way out when we are convicted of our sins. Thank you that Satan doesn't try us, that the angels aren't a jury, and that you are the final judge. One has said that it is a terrible thing to be in the hands of an angry God, but you are only angry at the sin, not the sinner. You give us every opportunity to have each and every sin expunged - through our confession and yours and our Mediator, Jesus Christ. May we always accept Jesus' advice and let him try our cases before you, that we will always be found "guilty but forgiven."
In Jesus' name, Amen.
The headlines are about a person charged and convicted of felonies. he had decided to exercise his rights to a jury trial. The jury (of his peers) decided he was guilty. He had had to opportunity to plead to lesser charges, but he had hoped that the jury would find him not guilty on all counts. Now, his idea of running for and being elected to a political office has been quashed; one cannot run nor be elected when one has been convicted of a felony. Appeals are next, but the damage to his aspirations and future has been done.
Heavenly Father, thank you for giving us a way out when we are convicted of our sins. Thank you that Satan doesn't try us, that the angels aren't a jury, and that you are the final judge. One has said that it is a terrible thing to be in the hands of an angry God, but you are only angry at the sin, not the sinner. You give us every opportunity to have each and every sin expunged - through our confession and yours and our Mediator, Jesus Christ. May we always accept Jesus' advice and let him try our cases before you, that we will always be found "guilty but forgiven."
In Jesus' name, Amen.
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