06/15/2009 - Daily Prayer

In 1864, in a letter to a group that disagreed with his course of action, President Lincoln responded to them by writing: “I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.”
What Lincoln referred to as a friend “down inside himself,” the Prophet Elijah would have known as the “still small voice” - others might call it our conscience, or moral compass.
But by whatever name we call it, at the end of the day each of us will have to take an accounting of all our actions and of all our words, and face ourselves and our Maker for all that we have done while on this earth.
We pray to the Holy One that our words and deeds to be found worthy of our highest aspirations, and that we be remembered for having acted with honor and integrity. May this be God’s will. Amen