Wednesday, July 5
This week, as we continue our focus on prayer this summer, we are going to pray our way through a hymn. “This Is My Song,” is found in our Glory to God hymnal. It’s a powerful hymn to sit with this week around the July 4th holiday. It was written between WWI and WWII and focuses around the theme of international peace. Each day this week I will pair some of the hymn with a prayer from different voices I have encountered in my own devotional space. I hope this hymn and these prayers connect with you this week.
“But other hearts in other lands are beating with hopes and dreams as true and high as mine.”
Prayer:
“O God, you made us in your own image
and redeemed us through Jesus your Son.
Look with compassion on the whole human family,
take away our arrogance and hatred that infect our hearts,
break down the walls that separate us,
unite us in bonds of love,
and, through our struggle and confusion,
work to accomplish your purposes on earth;
that, in your good time,
all nations and peoples may live in harmony;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.”
-PC(USA) Book of Common Worship
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