Creator of us all, you send us leaders to guide us and teach us both in difficult times and in good times. They bring Your truth into our lives, sometimes transforming who we are as individuals, or as communities, or even as a nation.
One of Your servants, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. taught us that “an individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” He was a messenger who brought us a reminder of Your eternal teaching that we are all our brother’s keepers.
May our ears always be open to receive your teachings of love and truth. May our hearts be big enough to care about all of your children. And may our hands be ever ready to do the work that needs to be done to bring healing and hope into our world. May this be God’s will. Amen
