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| Ukrainians praying in the snow for peace in Kyiv (Kiev) |
Today is a day of fasting and prayer organized by local church officials in Ukraine. Let's pray for all people in Ukraine, in the face of these particularly critical times; may God grant wisdom, discernment, strength, courage, protection to God's children, to the authorities, and to the whole population!
Here is a hymn-prayer for peace:
The peace that we share when we turn and shake hands
Is simply the peace that our Savior commands.
As Christ reigns in heaven, he calls us to live
As people forgiven, with God's peace to give.
Refrain:
May the peace that we share be for more than our friends;
As we risk and we dare so God's kingdom extends.
Remind us again, Lord, that seeds will increase —
that you'll give the harvest when we work for peace!
Peace grows through the dreamers who seek a new way,
Through workers who struggle to build God's new day.
It grows through the soldiers who once fought in wars
Yet now seek a new way that heals and restores.
Refrain:
Peace grows through the diplomats forging a deal
And building a treaty so nations can heal.
Peace grows when our fears don't control what we do—
When we see that others are God's children, too.
Refrain:
Peace grows when our leaders are brave to spend funds
On schools and on students, not weapons and guns.
Peace grows when all citizens work for the good
So, all will have housing and health care and food.
Refrain:
When all use their talents so conflicts will cease,
Imagining, working and risking for peace,
When nations negotiate rather than fight
Then justice is possible! Peace is in sight!
Refrain:
Biblical References: Matthew 5:9; Matthew 5:23-24; John 14:27; James 3:18; Isaiah 2:3-4; Luke 2:14; Luke 19:41.
Tune: William Howard Doane, 1875 ("To God Be the Glory")
Text: Copyright © 2015 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved.
Email: carolynshymns@gmail.com / New Hymns: www.carolynshymns.com/
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