Psalm 113
Sometimes things just seem to work out in a peculiar way for whatever reason, and this is one of those times. The US bombed a Syrian airbase late last night/early this morning and among the dead were 4 children. This bombing was a response to a heinous chemical weapons attack by the Syrian government against its own people, which is merely the next moment in an ongoing civil war. [Civil war, as if they were ever civil.] So the Syrian government killed families and in response we kill families. It is in light of those events that we find ourselves in Psalm 113, a Psalm that is titled "God the Helper of the Needy" in the RSV.
He raises the poor from the dust,
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
to make them sit with princes,
with the princes of his people.
He gives the barren woman a home,
making her the joyous mother of children.
This is my prayer today:
that God will lift the poor up from the dust that this world has thrown at them
that God will lift the needy from the ash heap that we have turned them into
that God will let them sit with princes and kings and presidents and senators and all those that have swept them off the board
that God will give the barren a home joining together those who have no children and the children that are unwanted by their parents and by the world
that God will roll justice down the mountain bringing awareness to all those who willing live in darkness and ignorance
that God will rescue all those that have suffered at the hands of those that should have loved
that God will remake the world once again, bringing peace and hope and grace and love to every corner God's light shines on
Peace and Love to you my brothers and sisters, whatever you look like, wherever you call home, whatever god you pray too, whomever you love
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