Keep Calm and Carry On

 

If the anger of the ruler

  rises against you,

do not leave your place,

for calmness

will lay great offenses

              to rest.

            Ecclesiastes 10.4

(The outcome of a matter

is always determined

    by our response to it.

Instead of confrontation,

     a conversation.

Instead of ammunition,

     healing.

Instead of returning

         anger with anger,

  to bear a tranquil composure.

In Hebrew, this verse reads:

"gentleness hinders

        great offenses."

As much as it is in our power,

   let gentleness

   turn the tide.)

O LORD,

Please help us approach

this difficulty,

this troubled situation,

these IMPOSSIBLE people,

          differently

because we know

            and love You.

Fill us with Your grace,

   give us Your peace

to transform this struggle

       into something good.

Enlarge our vocabulary

     and our hearts

that we may respond

  with gentleness and grace.

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