Dear Ones,
Blessings on your new week. We are home again and enjoyed the weekend so much as we stayed with a friend in Iowa and had hours of catching up and fellowship together. Yesterday we also went to our former church in D.M for the service and then on to Ames to see our granddaughter play soccer. A fun weekend and many blessings.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
As the days are getting closer to the election, we see the division of our country and the need for unity. We may not agree with others, but we are to love them beyond our differences. I want to share Whitney Hopler’s fifth Prayer for Healing and Reconciliation of our nation.

“Dear God, our nation is in desperate need of healing and reconciliation. The wounds of division run deep among Americans. Only your love can bring true healing. We pray for a spirit of reconciliation to sweep across our land mending broken relationships and restoring unity. In II Chronicles 7:14, you say: ‘If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.’

God, we humble ourselves before you, seeking your face and asking for forgiveness for the ways we have contributed to the division and turmoil in our nation Please heal our land, God. Bring reconciliation between neighbors, within families, and across communities. Psalm 147:3 declares about you: ‘He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.’

We ask that you heal the broken hearts within our nation. Bring comfort to those who are suffering and mend the relationships that have been torn apart by political disagreements and social unrest. Teach us to love one another, even when we disagree. Help us to see beyond our differences and to recognize the inherent dignity and worth of every person. May your love be the power that heals our wounds and brings us together as one people, united in our desire to create a better future. Please help us to move forward with hope and resilience, trusting in your ability to bring about healing and restoration in our lives and in our nation Thank you, our living Father Amen.”

Challenge for today: Pray this prayer morning and evening.
Blessings on  your week and prayers and love, Judy