A Blessing in a Time of Violence
The news of the unfathomable violence against precious children and teachers in Uvalde, Texas, is unthinkable. I can only imagine the grief that the affected families and communities are experiencing today.
If you are struggling to know how to pray, like I am, take comfort in these words from the Apostle Paul:
We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
Psalmist tells us that the Lord is near to the brokenhearted. I’m brokenhearted today. You? My prayer is that we will take whatever feelings we are carrying in our hearts — anger, sadness, fear, confusion — and entrust them to our God who is very near. Trust that his Spirit will intercede in ways that we cannot.
Pray for Uvalde. Pray for the families who woke up this morning forever changed. Pray for the staff and administration at Robb Elementary. Pray for our country as we wrestle through solutions to the evils among us.
For Buffalo, for Uvalde, Beirut, for Kenya, for Paris, for Syria.
For every place broken by violence and hatred.
For every person in pain and grief.
For you, from me, in sorrow and hope, we pray ~ Amen