Lord, You Are Here: A Prayer for Haiti

Lord, we acknowledge that you are here, that you never left us, even when all around us seemed to be falling apart. We are overcome by grief as we see the images of tragedy, as we hear the cries for help, and feel the pain of others suffering. Give ear, O Lord to the cries from our hearts and bring light to darkness, joy to sorrow, healing to pain. We come, Lord, for rest from the weariness of shock. We come, seeking your guiding hand for ways to respond.

How can we express your love, O Lord? How can we be your hands, O Lord? Give us strength and courage to do what pleases you, so that we can put your love in action, by word and deed, and make your presence known.

Loving Father, Healer, Restorer, and Source of all hope, remove from us those things that prevent your love from flowing through us. May we make a difference in someone's life so that he (she) may come to know your redeeming love and put his (her) trust in you.

We ask this in the Name of the One who suffered for us, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

AMEN.

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Carlene Lenore is a member of Kairos Community African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church located in Antioch, Tennessee.

Copyright 2010 Carlene Lenore. Posted with permission on the website of the Discipleship Ministries.