Prayer Offered for January 21, 2016

In the words of Rabbi Harold Kushner we pray:

Loving Creator, Let the rain come and wash away the ancient grudges….

Let the rain wash away the memory of the hurt, the neglect.

Then let the sun come out and fill the sky with rainbows.

Let the warmth of the sun heal us wherever we are broken.

Let it burn away the fog so that we can see each other clearly-

So that we can see beyond labels, beyond accents, gender or skin color….

Let the light of the sun be so strong that we will see all people as our neighbors.

Let the earth, nourished by rain, bring forth flowers to surround us with beauty.

And let the mountains teach our hearts to reach upward to heaven.—AMEN.