Saturday, July 18, 2015

may they see their error – v4

I pray for the bullies
for their pain, their anger
not knowing their stories
what they have lived through;
but knowing there is something
deep in their story
that explains their actions,
the choices they make.

I pray that they would change,
may they see their error,
may they see the world
through their victims’ eyes,
walking more gently
breaking the pattern, the chain
the path they had chosen
His way in the world.

I pray forgiveness
for the bullies,
those who have hurt,
who have lashed out;
those who have swallowed pain
who have acted out
who have broken God’s law
in this life.

I pray that God
would soften,
would change them,
that they would gain
a giving heart, open, ready;
that the Spirit would change them
that they would release their pain
with more healthy choices.

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edited July 18, 2015
may they see their error – v4

(editing version 3)
edited March 12, 2015
may they see their error – v3
(merging edits to original and version 2)
edited September 29, 2014
may they see their error – v2
merger of two poems
September 29, 2014
I pray forgiveness
September 29, 2014
may they see their error
September 22, 2014 to September 28, 2014
“+bullying”
Devozine for September and October 2014
&
Romans 12:14 (NRSV)
devotion “Learning to Forgive”
by Steve Stein
devotion for September 26, 2014
read September 26, 2014
&
Deuteronomy 31:6 (NIV)
devotion “Being Strong”
by Michelle Ankrum
and “Reflect” John 15:18 (NIV)
by Mary Lynn Johnson
devotion for September 25, 2014
read September 25, 2014
&
Jude 21a
Isaiah 41:13 (NIV)
devotion “The Locker”
by Shaun Stevenson
devotion for September 24, 2014
read September 25, 2014
&
Ecclesiastes 4:1 (CEV)
devotion “Scars”
by Wesley Overhults
devotion for September 23, 2014
read September 24, 2014
reread September 25, 2014
&
1 Timothy 4:12
devotion “The Power of Words”
by Rebecca Goodridge
and “Reflect on a Song”
“Act on it”
by Lanny Farmer
devotion for September 22, 2014
read September 24, 2014

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