Today’s Reflection:  Prayer

Lord, 

Help me to remember
what words can do:

They can hurt
They can invoke fear
They can divide

Help me to remember
what words can also do:

They can heal
They can invoke wonder
They can unite

It is so easy to be the first kind of voice in this world. 

But I know that is not who
I was created to be.

Speak through me, Lord,
So I am the second kind of voice instead.

Speak through all of us, Lord,
So that the voice of love will win.

Amen. — Gretchen Crowder  

Morning Offering  is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.

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