prayer

Lord,
Tonight we are here before you
many of us strangers to one another
yet sharing in many common hurts
and frustrations acquired through the
course of one of your greatest commandments:
that we love one another.

Lord,
We've all loved, and
in one way or another we've lost.
We are hurt
We are angry
We are frustrated.

Lord,
Most of us hate the way we feel.
We'd give anything to be happy and fulfilled again.
But to do this we must relearn to trust and not to be afraid.
Tonight Lord, We ask you to open us to the importance of our
need for one another.
May we learn to share our love, friendship, concern, and support
while we help each other deal with our pain.
And in doing this, may we come to the realization of the
“beautiful person” that lies within each and every one of us.