Your Child Will Live

Then Jesus came again to Cana in Galilee where he had changed the water into wine. Now there was a royal official whose son lay ill in Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. Then Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.” The official said to him, “Sir, come down before my little boy dies.” Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and started on his way. As he was going down, his slaves met him and told him that his child was alive. So he asked them the hour when he began to recover, and they said to him, “Yesterday at one in the afternoon the fever left him.” The father realized that this was the hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” So he himself believed, along with his whole household. Now this was the second sign that Jesus did after coming from Judea to Galilee. John 4:46-54

* I am retuning to the practice of writing a daily prayer, as we live through COVID and these extraordinary times.

Gracious and loving Creator,

who placed us all in families

painting the sky will stars

so that we might find our way

we run to you for help today.

Our hospitals are overwhelmed

our government is held hostage

we are spinning away from justice

selfishness is a terrible rising tide

and we are afraid we will be swept away.

Yet you promise healing to the parent

you bring life to the fragile and fearful

you  turn the mauling lions into peaceful lambs

you bring light where darkness rules

be with us now as we cling to hope.

Give us the faith to light one candle

empower us to be hopeful in this darkness

strengthen us for the rough journey ahead

help us to mask up with joy and compassion

let us welcome your justice and love again. Amen.