Prayer for America 07/08/06

Heavenly Father, you made us in your image. For that we are proud and honored. Help us as individuals and as Americans to fulfill the hopes you place in us. Guide us so we can find a way to live according to the law you have given us.

We belong to many families: the family of our earthly parents, the family of Americans, and the family of the world. Most of all, Lord, remind us that we are all part of your family: children of one God.

America is a patchwork quilt of many colors, shapes, and patterns, stitched together with the threads of common experience.