Prayer for January 15 ,2026

I pray, Loving God, that we look to more peaceful ways to air our differences and meet the challenges that are before us.  It seems that escalation of anxiety to the breaking point is the desired outcome for some people.  May their hearts be changed so that they can see that there must be another way than what is happening around us.  May we seek solutions that build up, rather than tear down.  Help us to see one another as beloved.  May we work toward the good that we can do, rather than the violence that we know ourselves capable of doing.  Help us to turn our swords into plowshares and become a people of hope, justice and love.  All this we ask in the name of the God who creates, redeems and sanctifies.  Amen