The Bungee Cord 7-18-22
Hello,
A prayer for rain.
Lord, it’s been a dry summer. The grass and the locust trees are turning crispy and brown. The zucchini and tomato plants in the garden need a quench of their thirst. The corn in the fields reaches out their leaves when a cloud rolls across the sky hopelessly hoping to catch a drop. The fish in the streams search for puddles of water as the rocks take over their swimming lanes. Lord, we pray for rain.
Lord, it’s been a dry summer. Hot hatred has beaten down on us and violence fills the news. We hear the thunder of bullets followed by a storm of salty tears, and because of their salt those tears bring no life. Yelling and screaming howl all around us like a dry dust bowl wind. The air is heavy with senseless death, and it burns our lungs when we breath it in. Lord, we pray for rain.
Lord, it has been a dry summer. Frontal waves of suspicion have made their way to us and kind hearts are wilting from the heat. Scorching lies and deception have created huge blisters on the shoulders of truth. The constant glare of fear has left us burning with pain and we are adverse to embrace or touch. Lord, we pray for rain.
Lord, it’s been a dry summer. Arid bombs and missiles, devoid of love or compassion, hit schools and apartment building stirring up clouds of death’s dust, scratching the eyes of loved ones with eternal abrasion. The weeds of power and might take over the soft grass of peace that dry exhaust of war has withered away. The hope in children’s hearts lies bent over, parched from a lack of moisture. Lord, we pray for rain.
Lord, it’s been a dry summer. The oppressive and relentless fiery ball of Covid has warn us down. Deep friendships have evaporated like raindrops on the sidewalk. Loneliness has blanketed the isolation that comes from trying to find some shade from the heat of illness and death. Patience has long ago dried up among neighbors. Lord, we pray for rain.
Lord, it has been a dry summer. We pray for rain.
Amen.
Have a good week.
God’s grace and peace, (ggap)
Pastor Jerry Nuernberger
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