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Meditation

On this day where so much is at stake and the dark one is so focused on destroying what our Lord is trying to show us, I would offer the following passage up as something to consider:

If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, the make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing our of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Philippians 2: 1-4

Today, if we can, wherever we are, whatever we are doing, let us think upon Jesus, what his example is and what we are doing so that our prayer and fasting may seem more true and sincere and we can be the most focused on our goal...begging the Lord to forgive our country for its wrongs, begging the Lord to have mercy upon us in a time of danger, and asking him to bless the reelection of our president.

It's hard, but even giving up our desire to be seen as right or impressive or smart, giving up the chance to bicker or argue can be an offering, a fasting that will intensify our prayer and seem good to God.

Let us be united in Christ today, and humbly ask his aid and blessing.

This day, O Lord,
help us to be living witnesses
of the great wonder
of God's love
for mankind,
even amid a storm of dark troubles
and the evil of everyday life.

Let us shine
like cities on the hill,
radiating like beacons
of your love
to all we come in contact with today.

Let us be the salt
that preserves
in a world that is aching
for that which saves.
May our example show them
the truth of where they should look.

May we be the leaven
that lifts up the heaviness
of life,
and allows the light of your wonder
to penetrate
into every niche and corner.

Amen.