An Election Day Prayer
by Rev. Greg Asimakoupoulos
On this day, our Father, as we take a stand,
we kneel at the outset to pray for our land.
You've given us freedom to worship and pray
as well as to choose those who see things Your way.
With thanks for the Rights that our forefathers wrote,
we're grateful, dear God, for the privilege to vote.
The campaigning's over. The words-war is past.
The day for deciding is here at long last.
Assist those officials in each polling place.
Imbue them with patience and smiles on each face.
Keep systems from failing and shysters from fraud.
In all of the details be present, O God.
Prompt those apathetic to break from routines
that keep them from levers and voting machines.
When we cast our ballots please help us think straight
quite mindful of what we should value and hate.
We're asking that those who revere You will win.
Our nation needs leaders who won't wink at sin.
Because there's so much that is really at stake,
accomplish Your plans through the choices we make.
As totals are tallied and losers concede,
be near them and comfort their hearts as they bleed.
Remind those victorious they answer to You
in laws that they pass and in all that they do.
And as this Election Day draws to a close,
help us to make peace with the outcomes we chose. Amen.
What a wonderful prayer! Amen!
Thy will be done not mine. God Bless our troops and President Bush. Grant me the serenity to accept the things that I cannot change, to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.