A Prayer for Haiti

Father,

A broken people cry out for a broken people.

A people who have all and need All,

have our eyes on people who have none and need All.

Father,

I pray for the miraculous.

A miraculous move of your Spirit in the hearts of your people.

Use us to heal, restore, comfort, aid, show compassion

and revive a devastated people.

Move mountains of compassion and place them in Haiti

May they be towers that declare your glory, healing and love.

In the name of the one who was broken for us.

Amen

Living on a prayer

Last Tuesday, I was in Austin and found this sign on the side of the road. Which certainly looked like the handy work of a homeless person. "Living on a prayer. Please Help" I was taken back by the sign enough that I took it home. I read the sign and I thought, "Now isn't that true of all of us." Take these events from the last week.  A couple that I know well continue to struggle with a painful illness that is said to have no cure, a friend just found out he has some form of lymphatic cancer, my daughter was sick with a 105 fever today and was taken to the emergency room, the finances are tighter than "under armour", the car is acting funny, and I have a friend who is working through suicidal thoughts. We are all living on a prayer and we need help in every aspect of our lives. To my unknown sign making friend, Thank- you for reminding me that my life is lived on a prayer.