"A
Prayer to Father God for Mother Liberty"
(From
“Sunday Soundbites" www.sundaysolutions.com)
As
Mother Liberty looked on in horror,
she
witnessed a nightmare that will forever challenge
the
dream for which she proudly stands.
Without
warning, twins she bravely birthed collapsed at her feet.
Symbols
of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
(and
thousands who cherished them) perished.
What
had towered for years above the Big Apple without trouble
are
nothing more than a smoldering mess of rubble.
And
it's not just a city shaken to the core. The nation quakes.
Two
hundred and twenty stories of capitalism's success,
(once
an anthology of corporate commerce and trade)
are
but ancient history now.
All
the same, they're also bound to be
catalogued
as tragedies for decades (if not centuries) to come.
What
was Tuesday morning is no longer.
The
light is forever gone from eyes that innocently looked on.
The
skies above Manhattan billow with black smoke.
The
earth beneath is an eerie sight. It's a bloody graveyard.
Unthinkable.
Unbelievable. Unmistakably,
the
act of ungodly beasts who would undeniably admit
to
a sense of pleasure derived from attempts to undermine
the
treasure of freedom many of us have taken for granted.
O
God, rouse us from our routine slumber.
Teach
us to number our days. To confess our sin
and
once again recognize our dependence on You.
Teach
us to eschew our complacency and apathy,
and
to rethink our false sense of national security.
Teach
us to repent of values we have come to confess as a nation
that
violate Your holiness and mock Your gifts of grace.
O
Lord, as we admit our vulnerability this day,
be
with those whose grief and loss is greater than they can say.
We
pray that You would guide our president and leaders,
that
You would purge our sin and protect our land.
Father
God, please stand by Mother Liberty,
so
that the torch she holds forth
will
continue to flame with the promise of freedom and hope.
May
she illuminate our feet
as
we attempt to walk in Your ways
to
a place where once again the phrase on our money
actually
describes the ways and the means of our lives.
"In
God We Trust." Amen.
