SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER

DEAR LORD, FORGIVE US, FOR WE KNOW NOT WHAT WE DO. WE HAVE ELECTED A MAN OF DISHONOR TO THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES. IT IS A DARK HOUR FOR US. WE HAVE ELECTED A MAN WHO IS A RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC, DISHONEST, LYING, WOMANIZING, EGOMANIAC WHO IS ABOUT TO LEAD THE MOST POWERFUL NATION ON EARTH. THIS HAPPENED OUT OF FEAR AND A RACIST MENTALITY THAT IS PERVASIVE IN THE UNITED STATES. WE ARE AFRAID OTHERS WILL TAKE WHAT WE HAVE. WE ARE AFRAID OF COLOR. WE ARE AFRAID OF OTHERS WHO WORSHIP DIFFERENTLY THAN WE DO. WE ARE AFRAID OF HOW OTHERS LIVE, AND WHO THEY LOVE. FOR A MAN WHO WALKED AMONG THE POOR, HEALING THE SICK, RESPECTING WOMEN, ACCEPTING THOSE FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES, AND PROTESTING A GOVERNMENT THAT WAS UNJUST, WE NEED NOW, MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, STRENGTH TO FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS. HELP US TO CONFRONT WITH FAITH AND JUSTICE A GOVERNMENT THAT WILL LIKELY BE THE WORST IN OUR HISTORY. HELP US TO SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. HELP US TO BE BETTER PERSONS AS AN EXAMPLE TO OUR CHILDREN SO THAT THEY SEE HOW HOPE CAN BE MAINTAINED THRU THESE TROUBLED TIMES. FOR THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO BE HURT BY WHAT HAS HAPPENED, GIVE THEM FAITH TO MOVE FORWARD, GIVE THEM COURAGE TO STAND TALL AND PROTEST WHAT IS UNJUST, DEMEANING, AND NON-INCLUSIVE. IT IS ALL SET BEFORE US, AND IT IS US WHO HAVE TO DREAM AN ALTERNATIVE DREAM OF JUSTICE, INCLUSIVENESS, LOVE, MUTUAL RESPECT, AND DIVERSITY. WE WILL MOVE FORWARD IN YOUR NAME AND WITH THE SAME DETERMINATION THAT YOU DEMONSTRATED TO US.   AMEN