So many words
So many emotions
So much going on
Weariness replaces wonder
Languishing replaces love
Hate replaces hope
Fear replaces freedom
It doesn’t have to be this way
It shouldn’t be this way
It can’t be this way
When our fears and frustrations distract and divide us
When our wills build walls and wage wars
When our hurts become bigger than our hearts
It’s time to not only take a stand
It’s time to kneel
It’s time to pray
I don’t have the answers
I don’t even know all the questions
I don’t want to know
I want to surrender my doubts
I want to lay down my burdens, my ill will, my negativity and hostility
I want to fall on my knees and beg the mercies of heaven to shower us with humility and wisdom
I want love to conquer hate
And it will
I want hope to drown fear
And it will
I want our dreams to bury our nightmaresnnAnd they will
When we relax our fists, unfold our hands, fold them together and offer our hearts, our hurts, and our thoughts in prayer