A Prayer for the Problems of Our World Today, from the 8th Century
Leonard Sweet posted this yesterday, the day of the Navy Yard shooting. I shared it on Facebook. Let’s not get too far from this prayer and what it says. Join the rest of us in this painfully timely prayer from the 8th century —
“When I behold the problems of our world,
O Lord, I pray not to be tempted to quick answers.
“When every tongue declares a different Truth,
when every people praises its own righteousness,
let me pause before I speak or praise or hope.
“Let me look inward seeking to discover eternal truths implanted there by Thee,
truths greater than those heard in the outer multitude of voices and words.
“And let me remember always that to be loud is not to be right,
to be strange is not to be forbidden,
to be new is not to be frightful,
to be black is not to be ugly.
“Thus let me find truths true to Thee,
that I may live with them,
and Thee,
and myself,
in peace.”
joescheets 
Timely, awesome and so helpful for perspective!
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