You Have Our Attention Lord - A Prayer For Our Nation

[blessedwith12]

A friend just forwarded this to me and I wanted to share it with others:

http://maxlucado.com/nationalprayer/ 

(the above video of Max Lucado's prayer contains more than the printed prayer below, very much worth watching)

 

 

You Have Our A

ttention, Lord

A prayer by Max Lucado – October 2008

Our friends lost their house

The co-worker lost her job

The couple next door lost their retirement

It seems that everyone is losing their footing

This scares us. This bailout with billions.

These rumblings of depression.

These headlines: ominous, thunderous-

“Going Broke!” “Going Down!” “Going Under!” “What Next?”

What is next?

We’re listening. And we’re admitting: You were right.

You told us this would happen.

You shot straight about loving stuff and worshipping money.

Greed will break your heart, you warned.

Money will love you and leave you.

Don’t put your hope in riches that are so uncertain.

You were right. Money is a fickle lover and we just got dumped.

We were wrong to spend what we didn’t have,

Wrong to neglect prayer and ignore the poor,

to think we ever earned a dime. We didn’t. You gave it. And now, tell us Father, are you taking it?

We’re listening. And we’re praying.

Could you make something good out of this mess?

Of course you can. You always have.

You led slaves out of slavery,

Built temples out of ruins,

Turned stormy waves into a glassy pond and water into sweet wine.

This disorder awaits your order. So do we.

Through Christ,

Amen

 

[momofsix1966]

Oct. 14, 2008 at 7:13 PM

Awesome - thanks for tha post!!

[blessedwith12]

Oct. 15, 2008 at 7:28 AM

I loved the humility and sincerity of this prayer.

(Original Poster)