Grant, O God, that your holy and life-giving Spirit may so move every human heart [and especially the hearts of the people of this land], that barriers which divide us may crumble, suspicions disappear, and hatreds cease; that our divisions being healed, we may live in justice and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Since September of 2016, I have had this prayer written down as a draft for a post entitled "Black Lives Matter."
It is roughly two weeks after the 2020 election between Biden and Trump. The outcome remains uncertain. And tensions remain high.
My country needed this prayer back in 2016, when we were witnessing Trump run for the highest political office in our country for his first term. And we need it now, as our divisive incumbent president refuses to concede.
No president will be our savior. But a strong leader can influence a nation towards good or evil. If anything, Trump's polarizing speech has certainly exposed the deep ideological differences present in this country.
Will these ideological differences continue to expand, eventually splintering our fragile democracy? My politically conservative father speaks hopefully, predicting that my generation will create a third party. One borne out of this mess, reconciling our differences and promoting true American ideals. I pray he is right.
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