Prayers for the Floods
Dearest and Most Beloved Creator of all that exists…
the waters have come, wreaking havoc, chaos and destruction. Many families and animals are now scattered and lost and their homes uninhabitable. Those who remain are seeking security, desperately in need of your comfort and support.
Help us to not be angry or condemn the floods or the water for their destructive nature. Let us seek a gracious flow of Your Love and Comfort to be the Sun which dries all tears.
Water can become the great destroyer of life as it has in our past civilizations. The hurricanes, the tsunamis, and those floods of Biblical proportions are all reminders of the destructive abilities of these flood waters.
Yet, let us also recall now, that the world is also balanced and given abundance by Your Merciful Presence
Let us also seek You within the waters, remembering Your guiding us within the womb of our mothers.
Let us also remember how Your Springs have brought forth water to quench our thirst while in the wilderness and how You led us to wells which healed our parched throats from the deserts.
Our ancestors have traveled across many waters toward new life and new beginnings. And through Your Love, we are once again waiting for the waters to subside.
Be with us now, as we gather during these days of tribulation.
Drawing us close to all whose lives have been altered, harmed or taken by these waters which have no harmful intention toward humanity.
Let us hear the cries of those who are now homeless and hungry, responding to their needs.
Let us support those who will respond to their rescue, whose service is like a precious balm.
Let us all come together around the world to care for the weak, displaced and traumatized.
In our rapidly presenting future… May we all look deeper into our sense of purpose, of being better stewards and guardians of Mother Earth
May we give attention to how we can assist in even the slightest way, the many whose lives are forever changed by the disasters caused by our own greed and denial
May we give attention to how we can assist in even the slightest way, the many whose lives are forever changed by the disasters caused by our own greed and denial
May we begin to collectively alter the direction of our future as the Human Race, so that coming generations may dwell in an era of great cohesiveness and symbiotic relationship.
Charlie Riverman Bergeron 8.31.17
