Saturday, July 8
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.
“This is my prayer, O Lord of all earth’s kingdoms: thy kingdom come; on earth thy will be done. Let Christ be lifted up till all shall serve him, and hearts united learn to live as one.”
Prayer: “God of the multitude, we praise you for being a God who contains a diversity of personhood in one. In your very being, you possess a sacred community where each part is distinct and beautiful and necessary. Make our community like you, that we would no longer be content with bland flavor of sameness. That we would no longer use language of unity and oneness as a veil for the suppression of voice, body, and culture. Be near to those who have offered up the particularity of their stories to bring about restoration, only to be met with accusations of divisiveness and unkindness. Lord, let our kindness be marked by telling the truth. And if division follows, let it be for our own protection—that you would lead us into spaces that see and honor that we are not the same. And it is very good.” Amen.
-Cole Arthur Riley
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