So Moses prayed

     for the people.

    Numbers 21. 7

(How do we approach

and navigate

     this hard situation

and these

      difficult relationships?

Pray not just for

          our way in this,

but pray for the people,

even those we have

           a hard time liking.

Maybe especially for them.

Because God brings

  His grace to it.

Forgiving and praying for

are deep channels,

not of answers

           but of love

   and healing wounds.

God covers and saturates

with His steadfast love

      and His faithfulness

in the most unlikely places.

And sometimes,

He uses us to carry it there.)

O LORD,

Please align our hearts

          with Yours

that we would bring

    Your name to this.

May Your grace cover

  what was meant to harm.

May Your steadfast love

  change our hearts

  and whatever we face.

Help us to see others

       differently,

because we know You.