10/27/2024
Good Morning Almighty God
Thank You for another week and another Sabbath to come into Your house to give You praise. May we be thankful, even though it came with challenges and strife, You were with us and we made it through. May we pray for those who have lost loved ones this week and if we can, be Your presence to them in their loss. May we not be blind to their sorrow. We do not have to have the right words, the only requirement is to be present. Maybe the Holy Spirit will give us the right words to say. We can be with them in their grief and even grieve with them.
That is a problem on this world today, there is so much grief that we become numb or even blind to it. It is obviously there but with so much of it we tend to ignore or shut our eyes to it. All things that we see each day, crime, hurt, homelessness, hunger, we now treat as plaza'. Insults and hate have become the status quo, even with our leaders and want to be leaders. Father help us to understand that simply coming to church on the sabbath is not receiving an inoculation from all that is wrong, it does not make it go away. It does help our hearts and minds, but we must go out of the church, then share that Love of Christ with those that hurt, and hunger. Open our eye Lord that we may see, that we may stand up for Jesus and say it is I Lord because we have decided to follow Jesus. Grant us that power and strength Lord. In the name of Jesus I pray. AMEN