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Open our eyes, God,
So we may see the value of all God's children and that we may together plan for their
safety and protection.
Open
our ears, God,
So that we may hear the cries of the youth who are suffering from hunger and malnutrition
and that we may together plan for their feeding and sustenance.
Open our hearts, God,
So that we may feel the powerlessness of the teens who are struggling to succeed in homes
plagued with apathy, divisions, anger, and hopelessness and that we may help provide words
of comfort, paths of power and courage for their successful journey to adulthood.
Open our lips, God,
So that we may overtly confront racism and sexism and that we may together bring about the
utopia of unity in diversity necessary for our babies' growth and wholeness.
Open our minds, God,
and purge away individualism, negative pride and superior attitudes, and help us to
understand that each and every child of God is given bountiful gifts regardless of color,
gender, or race.
Open our arms, God,
So we may welcome children whose parents are incarcerated, absent from the home or
struggling with addiction, and help us, together, to provide them with the love, strength
and the stability needed to run this race of life.
Open us, God, so we may feel the breath of your spirit;
Open us, God, so we may feel the power of your majesty;
Open us, God, so that together we may be strengthened to bring about human liberation and
wholeness for our children.
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Written by the Rev. Maxine Washington, associate to the bishop,
Metropolitan Chicago Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Reprinted with permission.
May be reproduced by congregations and agencies of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America provided copyright information appears on each
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