Lord, when it comes down to it, all of us want to live well and act wisely. Though we insist on devising our own plans, brainstorming our own options, too often we come up short, for only Your purpose prevails.
In these days, may we listen for Your inimitable counsel. Silence the noise of argument. Reveal the truth in debate. Humble the proud and give wisdom to those who are willing to reason.
We only make it worse when we try to fix things without Your guidance. We endure the backlash of our own anger when we fail to let Your mercy preside over our hearts.
God, our judge and ruler, we accept Your correction. Grow wisdom in our hearts and clear our heads to receive Your instruction, that we may live to revere You and to yield to Your divine will.
From this posture of humility and faithfulness, may Your design for this day and for our work be fulfilled.
Now to You, the only one who is able to keep us from falling, the only God our Savior, may we bring glory and honor. In the strength found in Your name, we pray. Amen.
When you have reached your own room, be kind to those who have chosen different doors and to those who are still in the hall. If they are wrong, they need your prayers all the more, and if they are your enemies, then you are under orders to pray for them. That is one of the rules common to the whole house.
—C.S. Lewis
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