May grace and peace

    be multiplied to you.

         1 Peter 1. 2

(God's fundamental

     law of mathematics:

He does not just add.

    God multiplies.

He is not limited by

   adverse circumstances.,

      but redeems them.

God's grace and peace

   are not intended

   to be kept for ourselves.

But spill over

   into the lives of everyone

   around us.

What am I bringing

      to the table today?

What aroma lingers?)

O LORD,

You fill us with Your grace

      and peace

into the most volatile situations.

Bless this time with what

cannot be understood

     if not for You.

May we realize our own

      need for grace

that we may willingly share it,

even in unlikely places,

   and in unexpected ways,

among those who need it

             desperately.

Grace is never earned

         nor deserved.

Your peace is not

   the absence of conflict,

but Your Presence into it.

Please change our hearts

     by Your grace and peace

that our with-ness with You

   is a clear witness to others.

Multiply Your grace and peace

not just as a blessing given,

     but as a way of living.

O Almighty, diffuse the volatile

by what we bring with us.

And that would be You.

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