De-escalation, Dialogue and Diplomacy

God, help us.

Help us in our madness.

We work for de-escalation with offensive strikes.

We call for dialogue by active aggression.

We seek to force diplomacy by unabashed threats and hostility.

We sue for peace with attacks.

In the midst of such extraordinary hypocrisy,

How can we find peace?

Yet, it is peace that we pray for.

Wake us in your way.

Make peace our priority.

Bring all into metanoia,

A changing of heart, mind and being,

That really results in de-escalation, dialogue and diplomacy,

Which brings real peace.

We pray for peace.

We pray for peace.

Amen.

– Jon

Jon Humphries has been a Minister of the Word in the Uniting Church for 22 years. He calls himself a Prayer Wright – A Person who writes prayers.