I have some not-so-polite things to pray today, God,
starting with:
You suck.
.
Also:
You’re falling down on the job.
.
Where is your balm to the brokenhearted
when pain is looped publicly on video
for voyeurism and ratings?
.
Is there no more freedom
your Spirit can breathe upon those
most strangled, most strained, most encumbered
by centuries of hatred?
.
Where is your fulfillment of justice
in heaven or on earth?
Have the stars taken all your attention
in resolving their quarrels with far-flung moons?
.
Did you stop helping
after you fulfilled your promise to Jacob?
Were you too tired after the journey across the wilderness?
Was it just too much when they killed Christ?
.
Have you kept faith forever
to yourself while we cast around
looking for hope worth holding onto?
.
The prisoners are on strike,
the hungry are desperate,
the ignorant feel righteous,
the bowed down are drowning,
the strangers are turned away,
but sure: let’s carry on with loud praises to
the God who teases us across generations.
.
on Psalm 146
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amen, sister
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A sad echo of my thoughts this week.
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THANK YOU! I have wanted to pray this prayer for a long time now. So helpful. So honest. So refreshing. Thanks for opening the window.
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Thank you! as I sit with my daughter, so full of life and hope and watch her battle cancer, endure the assault of chemo, hope for remission –it helped to know that I am not alone in sorrow and questions and not alone in trusting what is beyond my vision right now…….
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Sighing in prayer with you, Jan.
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