He said to them, “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great calm.
(Matthew 8:26)
Lord, I admit that I am terrified about the path our country is taking. I admit that I have very little faith. If you can calm the waters of the ocean, you can forestall the dangerous trends that surround us. Save us, Lord.
Our Supreme Court has proclaimed that a woman’s right to kill her unborn child is greater even than the right to a standard of health care that guides all other medical procedures. Our president applauds this decision. Where are our hearts? Please, Lord, save us!
The notes in my NAB say that the word translated “storm” literally means “earthquake.” The prophets used earthquakes to show your intervention when we humans flaunted your laws. Are we any less wicked than the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah? We need an earthquake, then.
How can I be idle and silent in the face of our self-destruction? What can I do, Lord? I will increase my prayer. I will fast. What can I give up that will remind me to cry out to you? You will show me. You will show me, too, how and when to speak up for our true rights, the freedom that springs from love and mercy.