Prayer for America 03/11/06

Awesome God, we admit that sometimes we try to put you in a box so we can understand you. When we realize that other people see you differently than we do, we are forced to take you out of that stifling box to confront you in all your complexity. Your love may be simple, but your power is not.

Help us be open to other people's understanding of you. May we be clear about our own beliefs but open to learn more about you through others' understandings. Even though we are more comfortable with you in the box we have made, we realize that you are beyond our comprehension. Your thoughts are not our thoughts. Your ways are not our ways. You are truly an awesome God, and we kneel before you in gratitude for how you work in our lives. Amen.