God,
It has been a crazy week in our country, and we have been saddened yet again by the violence that appears to be the chosen response of many angry people. And yet, as followers of your son, we choose not the way of violence, but the path of peace. We choose not the way of hate and division but the path of love and reconciliation. We choose not the way of the world, but the way of Christ. God, keep your hand fixed securely upon our hearts so that we will not be drawn in by images on television or rhetoric from politicians or pundits. Instead, with Jesus’ amazing love, draw our attention to him, that we might fix our eyes upon his face, and hear his voice in the cacophony of voices shouting out at us.
Thank you, God, for being our anchor in a storm. Amen.